George Carlin, R.I.P.
Comedian George Carlin died of a heart attack yesterday at age 71.I don't know what to say. He's my countercultural-iconoclastic-comedic hero and I'm very sad to hear he's gone. I'm so glad I got to see him do a show several years ago
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"The English word forte, meaning "specialty" or "strong point," is not pronounced "for-tay." Got that? It is pronounced "fort." The Italian word forte, used in music notation, is pronounced "for-tay," and it instructs the musician to play loud: "She plays the skin flute, and her forte [fort] is playing forte [for-tay]." Look it up. And don’t give me that whiny shit, "For-tay is listed as the second preference." There’s a reason it’s second: because it’s not first!"
YES, george. I love you.
And this is genius: "Tell us...in your own words." Do you have your own words? Personally, I'm using the ones everybody else has been using. Next time they tell you to say something in your own words, say, "Nigflot blorny quando floon."
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