Language, under God

[hummingwolf]

Since hearing about the U.S. Supreme Court decision to make no decision about that controversial phrase in the Pledge of Allegiance, you have surely been saying to yourself, "Yes, fine, we've heard all the lawyers and pundits jabbering on about the case. But what is the linguistic perspective?"

Well, dear reader, if you followed the languagelog feed, you would know.

One nation [head], under God [adjunct]
Dysfunctional Shift
Never say never
Out with Under God

So now you know.

(Also on the religious language front, there's the ridiculousness of the Unitarians being referred to as a "controversial cult", but those of you on my favorite mailing list have already heard about that one.)

Comments

Zoop Says

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks, the wondering was killing me:)

Re: Zoop Says

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

I'm all about the public service, baby.

Re: Zoop Says

[(Anonymous)]

Did you just call me baby?!?!?


hehe

How's my lovely CB today?

Re: Zoop Says

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Hee. Just felt like being silly today.

How am I? Hot, and not in a sexy way. Was meaning to use this day to do useful stuff, but even though I'm feeling better than I was two days ago, anything useful is going to have to wait till the temperature goes down a bit.

How are you doing, Zoopinator?

Re: Zoop Says

[(Anonymous)]

Why did you had to add "not in a sexy way" and ruin it for me? Bah.

Doing the same, mostly. I have a lot of stuff I should be doing, but I just feel too lazy to do anything. It's quiet day so far. Might become productive later, but that's not to be counted on.