Of an e-book in development:
Gabriel Zucman is not a drooling retard, he’s a competent economist; to the extent that I am not repeating myself.
Of an e-book in development:
Gabriel Zucman is not a drooling retard, he’s a competent economist; to the extent that I am not repeating myself.
The punctuation needs work.
I don’t like “retard”; terribly unBritish. When I was a boy the poor souls were called “mental defectives”.
Yup – needs an editor.
Mark Twain previously used much the same stylistic device, but put it better:
“Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.”
When in doubt, copy an old master,
It is *meant* to be an echo of that.
But always please to call it ‘research’!
It’s a good opening line and echoes a great writer, rumours of whose death, etc.
Missed a trick there, he is French after all.
@TtC
Nice echo of the great Tom Lehrer – 93 not out 🙂
“Retard” will be too inflammatory for some. “Moron” might be better.
I really enjoy reading amateur stylistics
But Tim, it’s a clumsy, unconvincing and distorted echo.
Pecca fortitier, to quote a phrase you may not have come across at Ampleforth (good school that it is).
I’m sure you could do better,
Fortiter. See me after class, boy.