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Old 06-19-2006, 05:11 PM   #1291
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Jesus, man. The Economist is well written and even handed, but "humorous"?
There is a certain level of snark in many of their articles, and nearly all of their picture captions attempt to include some sort of humor. As do their obits.

Their excessive use of Britishisms sometimes annoys me -- I really think that most of the time that they throw in "tyres" and "petrol" and "lorries" and "queue" just to appeal to Anglophiles here in the US.
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Old 06-19-2006, 05:20 PM   #1292
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How could you exchange such an insightful, well written and humourous magazine for such tripe. Shame on you.

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Jesus, man. The Economist is well written and even handed, but "humorous"?
wry british wit. did you expect Eddie Murphy?
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Old 06-19-2006, 05:39 PM   #1295
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There is a certain level of snark in many of their articles, and nearly all of their picture captions attempt to include some sort of humor. As do their obits.

Their excessive use of Britishisms sometimes annoys me -- I really think that most of the time that they throw in "tyres" and "petrol" and "lorries" and "queue" just to appeal to Anglophiles here in the US.
I agree, but that level is almost imperceptible.
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Old 06-19-2006, 05:43 PM   #1296
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wry british wit. did you expect Eddie Murphy?
If a magazine must have week or two old news, it should be snappier. Zestier.
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If a magazine must have week or two old news, it should be snappier. Zestier.
Is any printed word timely these days? By the time I read the newspaper, I'm two days behind on the news cycle. I'm reading about yesterday morning while hearing ABC talk about this afternoon.
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wry british wit. did you expect Eddie Murphy?
when piagow calked billlmore "bennie hill' it was compliemntary. his posts had wry british wit. too bad he got insulted and left us.
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Is any printed word timely these days? By the time I read the newspaper, I'm two days behind on the news cycle. I'm reading about yesterday morning while hearing ABC talk about this afternoon.
i read the Freeprss in the mens romm, dont want to risk drop;ping the blackberry in the drink.
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The Economist is a puzzling, awe-inspiring, tired out creature, unfit for my exitement level and splendid as ever! it seems to be overcharged with vigour, culture and certain lightness, from whom cares and confusions of real life slide off without making any impression (everything that a man ought to be) and it is in spirit and (factual) body beautiful. wouldn’t marry it, but date... for an (unrainy) season
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Old 06-19-2006, 10:11 PM   #1304
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Jesus, man. The Economist is well written and even handed, but "humorous"?
Ever looked at the cartoons? Half the time the cover is some sort of Joke. The Economist takes itself much less seriously than either Time or Newsweek yet it deliveres much less B.S.
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There is a certain level of snark in many of their articles, and nearly all of their picture captions attempt to include some sort of humor. As do their obits.

Their excessive use of Britishisms sometimes annoys me -- I really think that most of the time that they throw in "tyres" and "petrol" and "lorries" and "queue" just to appeal to Anglophiles here in the US.
For the love of God, it is a London newsmagazine. Its writers are all English. When I was in Law School you couldn't find it anywhere in San Diego - not even in the Airport. It is just recently that it has become popular in the U.S. Would you complain if the "Financial Times' use the word queue or petrol?
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