Re your discussion about the attorney general being called “General” isn’t the surgeon general called “General”?
Also per the OED it looks like the term “general” for a military leader is an abbreviation of “captain general” from the French “capitaine général” which means that it was originally the adjective and not the noun.
Will, you used the phrase “ex ante” in a conversation about Skrmetti, which is a funny coincidence because I once used that phrase in a conversation with Judge Sutton, leading to some light mockery about why on earth I would use that phrase in casual conversation.
At UChicago this is introduced as basic vocabulary in the 1L year. Is this not true everywhere?? I feel even more disoriented than when people started getting upset about lawyers' use of the word "orthogonal" which I think is a great word and had been using in casual conversation since Fall 2000.
On today’s episode Will mentioned a lengthy email he received about Skrmetti that among other things said that the NY Times article was dumb and littered with errors. If the author of that email is reading this, could they please share their insights with the blog? Thank you!
Re your discussion about the attorney general being called “General” isn’t the surgeon general called “General”?
Also per the OED it looks like the term “general” for a military leader is an abbreviation of “captain general” from the French “capitaine général” which means that it was originally the adjective and not the noun.
Will, you used the phrase “ex ante” in a conversation about Skrmetti, which is a funny coincidence because I once used that phrase in a conversation with Judge Sutton, leading to some light mockery about why on earth I would use that phrase in casual conversation.
At UChicago this is introduced as basic vocabulary in the 1L year. Is this not true everywhere?? I feel even more disoriented than when people started getting upset about lawyers' use of the word "orthogonal" which I think is a great word and had been using in casual conversation since Fall 2000.
It’s “coming down the pike.” Dan said “pipe.” Not shameful.
On today’s episode Will mentioned a lengthy email he received about Skrmetti that among other things said that the NY Times article was dumb and littered with errors. If the author of that email is reading this, could they please share their insights with the blog? Thank you!