By the time it gets to grandma. . .

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This would be funnier if it weren't so painfully true. Also see the sequel.

I didn't get to this for a few days because I was working too hard to blog last week. In the meantime, Language Log responded with an especially egregious example of this sort of oversimplification.

Cartoon by Jorge Cham, via Sheril at the Intersection.

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