Comments on: This Is Not a Conspiracy Theory, But Simply an Observation on One Amazingly Prolific NYT Letter Writer http://washingtonindependent.com/23944/this-is-not-a-conspiracy-theory-but-simply-an-observation-on-one-amazingly-prolific-nyts-letter-writer National News in Context Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:51:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: W. Nix http://washingtonindependent.com/23944/this-is-not-a-conspiracy-theory-but-simply-an-observation-on-one-amazingly-prolific-nyts-letter-writer/comment-page-1#comment-35095 W. Nix Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:43:21 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=23944#comment-35095 Mr. or Ms. Connor, <br><br>Perhaps the reason you are never published is your seeming inability to focus your vocabulary. I have no idea what strikes you as inarticulate about Ms. McGirr's musings. "Articulate" is not a partisan adjective the last time I checked. No matter what views you espouse, her writing seems pretty "clear and expressive." At the very least it's enough so to be cited by Rosenthal in a lecture, which, I'm assuming, is another milestone you haven't reached yet either.<br><br>You, Sir or Miss, are the inarticulate one.<br><br>Articulate<br>adj. <br><br>1. Endowed with the power of speech. <br>2. Composed of distinct, meaningful syllables or words, as human speech. <br>3. Expressing oneself easily in clear and effective language: an articulate speaker. <br>4. Characterized by the use of clear, expressive language: an articulate essay. Mr. or Ms. Connor,

Perhaps the reason you are never published is your seeming inability to focus your vocabulary. I have no idea what strikes you as inarticulate about Ms. McGirr's musings. “Articulate” is not a partisan adjective the last time I checked. No matter what views you espouse, her writing seems pretty “clear and expressive.” At the very least it's enough so to be cited by Rosenthal in a lecture, which, I'm assuming, is another milestone you haven't reached yet either.

You, Sir or Miss, are the inarticulate one.

Articulate
adj.

1. Endowed with the power of speech.
2. Composed of distinct, meaningful syllables or words, as human speech.
3. Expressing oneself easily in clear and effective language: an articulate speaker.
4. Characterized by the use of clear, expressive language: an articulate essay.

]]> By: W. Nix http://washingtonindependent.com/23944/this-is-not-a-conspiracy-theory-but-simply-an-observation-on-one-amazingly-prolific-nyts-letter-writer/comment-page-1#comment-15223 W. Nix Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:43:21 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=23944#comment-15223 Mr. or Ms. Connor, <br><br>Perhaps the reason you are never published is your seeming inability to focus your vocabulary. I have no idea what strikes you as inarticulate about Ms. McGirr's musings. "Articulate" is not a partisan adjective the last time I checked. No matter what views you espouse, her writing seems pretty "clear and expressive." At the very least it's enough so to be cited by Rosenthal in a lecture, which, I'm assuming, is another milestone you haven't reached yet either.<br><br>You, Sir or Miss, are the inarticulate one.<br><br>Articulate<br>adj. <br><br>1. Endowed with the power of speech. <br>2. Composed of distinct, meaningful syllables or words, as human speech. <br>3. Expressing oneself easily in clear and effective language: an articulate speaker. <br>4. Characterized by the use of clear, expressive language: an articulate essay. Mr. or Ms. Connor,

Perhaps the reason you are never published is your seeming inability to focus your vocabulary. I have no idea what strikes you as inarticulate about Ms. McGirr's musings. “Articulate” is not a partisan adjective the last time I checked. No matter what views you espouse, her writing seems pretty “clear and expressive.” At the very least it's enough so to be cited by Rosenthal in a lecture, which, I'm assuming, is another milestone you haven't reached yet either.

You, Sir or Miss, are the inarticulate one.

Articulate
adj.

1. Endowed with the power of speech.
2. Composed of distinct, meaningful syllables or words, as human speech.
3. Expressing oneself easily in clear and effective language: an articulate speaker.
4. Characterized by the use of clear, expressive language: an articulate essay.

]]> By: M. Connor http://washingtonindependent.com/23944/this-is-not-a-conspiracy-theory-but-simply-an-observation-on-one-amazingly-prolific-nyts-letter-writer/comment-page-1#comment-15116 M. Connor Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:52:21 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=23944#comment-15116 I thought I was the only one who ever noticed this, and not just because the Times has never published any of my written-in-anger letters to the editor. I am holding out hope that this Margaret McGirr is in fact a satirist of Swiftian (or at least Colbertian) proportions. As for Rosenthal's criteria, I can accept concise as a description of McGirr's style (when one is unencumbered by facts or complex ideas an economy of words is relatively easy) but articulate, not so much. I thought I was the only one who ever noticed this, and not just because the Times has never published any of my written-in-anger letters to the editor. I am holding out hope that this Margaret McGirr is in fact a satirist of Swiftian (or at least Colbertian) proportions. As for Rosenthal's criteria, I can accept concise as a description of McGirr's style (when one is unencumbered by facts or complex ideas an economy of words is relatively easy) but articulate, not so much.

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