(((Cindy Weinstein))) on Nostr: RE: "The corruption of man is followed by the corruption of language." Emerson, ...

RE: https://mastodon.social/@jeffjarvis/116855675235635739

"The corruption of man is followed by the corruption of language." Emerson, "Nature" (1836)

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Journalists are in the business of choosing words and the #BrokenTimes chooses them terribly. "Windfall" is "unexpected good fortune". The correct word is "corruption".