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August 24, 2005
Someone let the Manolo know . . .
O.K. - I'll email him.
Did you know that Converse will sell you a pair of Converses without laces?
This paragraph from the description makes me weep for America:
With a deconstructed upper and All Star embroidery, it's a unique look, too. Laces? We don't need no stinking laces!
There are two forbidden and one "don't go there" words in that sentence! I forbid my students the use of "unique" and "look" (n.). Nothing in art is unique - or almost nothing. When I say "unique example*" junior majors gasp and take notes rapidly. "Look" (n.) is appropriate to hairstylists, rather like "creme." I have had to forbid "cream" because all too often it was spelled with a final e. "Deconstruct?" Let's just say that no one under 25 should use it in public. They haven't read enough.
*implying, of course, that there must've been more but that we happen to know THIS ONE EXAMPLE.
Posted by CrankyProfessor at August 24, 2005 6:33 PM
Comments
Just how many can be crammed into 3 little sentences?
Posted by: Sarah at August 26, 2005 11:39 AM