Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Verbiage

Back in the early, sexist, 80's, I had a teacher who'd say "writing should be like a girl's skirt: long enough to cover the subject, short enough to keep it interesting."

Now, times and expressions may have changed, but his point is still well-taken. This was driven home to me recently while reading an article about the effects of concussions on college football players.

I'd have to say the gentleman on the right nailed it:


7 comments:

  1. Need empirical data: Everyone run your head into a door jam, report your results here.


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  2. Packer...
    Here are my results: Ouch!

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  3. 1. Boston Neurologist, headache specialist
    2. Neuropsychologist
    3. Safe boxing advocate (oxymoron?), but heck of nice guy neurologist

    Likely just returned from headache conference and presentation on TBI

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  4. I think some odd editing choices were made there. All 3 docs said more than what was quoted here, and I feel as though they should all have been edited to similar lengths. http://journals.lww.com/neurotodayonline/Fulltext/2014/06190/Imaging_Study_Finds_That_College_Football_Players.1.aspx

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  5. Regarding the last expert comment: to which even the least intellectually gifted among us would exclaim, yo, department of duh.

    Honestly, the ONLY reason that I keep hitting my head against this brick wall is simply because it feels so great when I stop.

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  6. Dr. Anthony AlessiJuly 8, 2014 at 11:36 PM

    And, as long as I have the floor: Frank, what's up with the tie and the hairstyle? Are you trying to look like an 80s pop star? Erin, you are aware that "Erin" is a girl's name, right?

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  7. In one of my psych classes I fully answered a question in two sentences. My classmates were furiously scribbling essays on their pages. I reread the question and my answer, shrugged, and turned it in. The prof actually thanked me for being so concise.

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So wadda you think?