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Area Code Elitists

Remember that scene in the Sex and the City movie (the first crappy movie, not the second, crappier, insightful film about life in the Middle East and cross-cultural exchanges) when Carrie needs to get a new phone number and is dismayed to find that there are no more 917 numbers available, and that she'll need to settle for a 646 number? "I've got hoes, I've got hoes...

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Grammar vs Sarcasm

In my post about the 2010 World Cup Murals, reader Nina left a comment to correct my grammar: It's "I COULDN'T care less about soccer." "I can care less" implies that you do in fact care about soccer and it would be possible for you reduce the amount you care. Make sense? :) This was particularly interesting, because I really did think that "I could care less" is a form of sarcasm; hence, my grammar was correct (in my eyes). Perhaps this mistake owes itself to my not being a native English speaker. But at the same time, this excuse holds no merit when you take into account the fact that I am currently much more comfortable with English than Korean. However, I still have...

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