Tag Archives: Lapsus Linguae

Re this, it’s a good thing Corey Robin didn’t know that Hayek used to tell people to pronounce his name “hi-yek, as in high-explosive.” Only a short step from there to “I am not a man, I am dynamite.”

The media keep saying that Ariel Castro held three women “hostage.” If only that were true; then their captivity wouldn’t have been a secret for the past decade.

“Let’s face it, when you go to the barber shop, you are looking for a bit of nostalgia.” What?

From the Wikipedia page on Much Ado About Nothing, this description of one of the play’s two most dramatic (and, one would have thought, memorable) events: Beatrice then asks Benedick to slay Claudio as proof of his devotion, since he has slandered her kinswoman. Benedick is horrified and denies her request. Strange, that’s not how [...]