America gives a shit.I agree with everything Jeff Jarvis says in "America Gives a Shit" (October). Therefore I was quite surprised to read the circumlocution cir·cum·lo·cu·tion n. 1. The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language. 2. Evasion in speech or writing. 3. A roundabout expression. "f-words." Surely a magazine committed to free minds and free markets can print the word fuck. A taboo, in a certain sense, is a form of respect. A word can be so feared that it can't even be mentioned. But why should we be afraid of a term that, unlike "damnation," does not refer to a great evil or to something we are warned to fear? This is your moment, reason. Print this letter and end a silly taboo. George Jochnowitz Professor Emeritus of Linguistics College of Staten Island History It was established in 1976 from the merger of Richmond College (opened in 1965) and Staten Island Community College (opened 1956). Richmond College had been threatened with closure because of New York City's financial crisis, while the older school, because of its , CUNY CUNY City University of New York New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY |
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