The not-so funny castrato - revisited
Earlier this week, I had made an indignant post about the BBC reporting a story about humour and gender. Turns out the same Language Log I had been trying to imitate had already posted about this "news item", noting correctly that the source for the news article was a spoof article in the British Medical Journal, so there was nothing to really worry about (i.e. I was right about being sceptical.)But the speed with which the meme has been picked up in news outlets around the world (see same LL article for several links for examples) should be cause for concern!
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