This week, Prof. Alex Taylor covers the meaning and origin of a few choice words from the world of crime. To comment, time apparently never favors certain parts of language, as you shall soon see. This column was originally published October 18, 1988, in the Gainesville Times, usually found on the left of the first…… Continue reading Choice Words
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In Arizona, The Gringos Get You
Gringos Get You isn’t the feel-good, emotional bonding version, folks. (Is there a Mexican Yakov Smirnoff?) A fragment of the Old, Wild West — when justice often came self-served or not at all. As the years march, it fades further from memory, outside of its most famous occurrences, O.K. Corral, et al. So many other…… Continue reading In Arizona, The Gringos Get You
Shroud the Noun, Shroud the Verb
You Want to Believe Of course you do! Thing is, how far are they willing to go to verify facts? Oh, facts … their facts, his facts, her facts, your facts. Facts from experts, facts on experts … One of my favorite quotes from Raiders of the Lost Ark is “Fact, not Truth. If it’s…… Continue reading Shroud the Noun, Shroud the Verb