Blog Readability Test
Thanks to Kim, I submitted my blog for a "readability test".
That's an interesting idea, but I have to wonder, what words, or phrase combinations could I possibly have used to generate that "level of education required" to understand my blog?
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FYI, use the URL to a specifically intellectual post, and you'll get a higher grade. In other words, it's all BS. I know, I'm such a downer. It's like when I told an ex-girlfriend that the neat evening colors of the sunset were due to refraction and pollution, she told me that I "ruined" it for her. *sigh*
See, that made me think it was that much more interesting. But for her, it made it worse.
PS: a girl I was really attracted to in freshman year said, as we were walking to an evening exam, "Why don't airplanes hit the stars?" as we looked up into the sky. And she was serious. After I made up an entire scenario where airplanes and stars wouldn't crash because of air traffic controllers, I gave up. That was the end of the attraction. Her name was Heather and she was physically gorgeous, but completely worthless otherwise.... sigh.
You really are a kill joy.
I think the girl friend with the seriously depth perception problem needed to have her joy killed.
And she was soooo pretty, and had a cute southern drawl... again, *sigh*
Some people, especially the ones who are *sigh* so beautiful, just take a little longer than the rest of us to start paying attention.
And not to get all "battle of the sexes" or anything, but in the most superficial of ways, why is it an asset for a woman to have a southern drawl but a liablity for a man? Or is the "liability" thing just my opinion?
I've always wanted to have a drawl. I sometimes say y'all--but that was just because I thought it was better and more accurate than 'youse guys.' I was secretly thrilled to learn that I was born below the Mason-Dixon line though technically my homestate (New Jersey) is northern. You know, all those southern belles with the big floppy hats, mint julep concoctions, and all the romantic crap associated with southerners. Then I could also claim the winning side of the Civil War. Ah--teenagers!
I will say that seeing "youse guys" in print made me laugh, but it's still used for real where I grew up. That doesn't make me laugh so much.
C. August, thanks for your comment about how the readability works. I was mortified to discover I had received a "junior high" rating when I submitted my blog. Will try with a post that I wrote in its entirety, instead of one that had a long quote from another blog.