Yeppers, kids, this is just what you suspected, the second marvelous analysis of that wonderful language called, erm, “English” by Arika Okrent that we’re posting today. (The first was HERE.)
And why, you ask, are we doing this, when we usually only show one of Akira’s beauties each week? Well, it’s like this…we screwed up. Forgot to post for a few weeks. So it’s Make Amends Time, peeps!
And you thought we didn’t love yotvu…ha!
And now, from the wonderful world of Arika Okrent to the equally wonderful world of TVWriter™’s key demo: Writers!
For Writers Guild of America members, East or West, this is the big one. If you qualify – i.e., if one of your screenplays or teleplays has been aired or will be aired in this Year of Our Lord 2017 – don’t just nod proudly…enter!
Clickable version is HERE
Two Mondays ago was the 100th birthday of the King o’ Comics, Jack Kirby. The young’uns among you might not know the name (or maybe they do; I try not to be a fuddy-duddy most days) but Kirby was a force unparalleled in the comics medium. If you need a primer, Mike Gold wrote an excellent column about him.
Even if you know Marvel only from the movies, you owe him. Captain America? Jack. The X-Men? Jack. The Black Panther? Jack. The Avengers? Jack. And so on and so forth. And not just at Marvel; King Kirby seemed to be everywhere. And not just superheroes; he did Westerns, monsters, romance. And so on and so forth.
Even one made specifically for the web.
In a language spoken almost exclusively by the people of the Philippines?
Intentions count!