Comments on: CAMPAIGN 08 & EDITOR’S COMMENT: The New Yorker has its head stuck up its umlaut http://warincontext.org/2008/07/14/campaign-08-editors-comment-the-new-yorker-has-its-head-stuck-up-its-umlaut/ ... with attention to the unseen Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:50:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Carol Elkins http://warincontext.org/2008/07/14/campaign-08-editors-comment-the-new-yorker-has-its-head-stuck-up-its-umlaut/comment-page-1/#comment-2677 Carol Elkins Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:24:49 +0000 http://warincontext.org/?p=1180#comment-2677 I love your statement "it's very easy to be clever and stupid at the same time". The stupidity comes from loving your own cleverness and assuming that anyone that doesn't love it is a clod. I love your statement “it’s very easy to be clever and stupid at the same time”.

The stupidity comes from loving your own cleverness and assuming that anyone that doesn’t love it is a clod.

]]> By: Enzo http://warincontext.org/2008/07/14/campaign-08-editors-comment-the-new-yorker-has-its-head-stuck-up-its-umlaut/comment-page-1/#comment-2676 Enzo Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:04:57 +0000 http://warincontext.org/?p=1180#comment-2676 I think it's brilliant satire and a great cover. The message will get across to many of those to whom it will actually make a difference. I think it’s brilliant satire and a great cover. The message will get across to many of those to whom it will actually make a difference.

]]> By: Peter http://warincontext.org/2008/07/14/campaign-08-editors-comment-the-new-yorker-has-its-head-stuck-up-its-umlaut/comment-page-1/#comment-2628 Peter Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:14:55 +0000 http://warincontext.org/?p=1180#comment-2628 They also require that the second "e" in "reelection" have an umlaut. I guess the rule applies when a prefix creates a word with a repeated vowel. That's the most obscure rule of English grammar/mechanics that I've never heard of. They also require that the second “e” in “reelection” have an umlaut. I guess the rule applies when a prefix creates a word with a repeated vowel. That’s the most obscure rule of English grammar/mechanics that I’ve never heard of.

]]> By: Phil Sheehan http://warincontext.org/2008/07/14/campaign-08-editors-comment-the-new-yorker-has-its-head-stuck-up-its-umlaut/comment-page-1/#comment-2614 Phil Sheehan Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:17:04 +0000 http://warincontext.org/?p=1180#comment-2614 It's a double shame: politically, the image will do significant harm, not merely to Obama and the Democrats, but also to the hopes for equality in our country; artistically, it will remain lodged in the editors' minds as charming satire which simply was too clever for the benighted masses. It’s a double shame: politically, the image will do significant harm, not merely to Obama and the Democrats, but also to the hopes for equality in our country; artistically, it will remain lodged in the editors’ minds as charming satire which simply was too clever for the benighted masses.

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