Things I Could Do Without: Aaargh ~ by Jay

No, I'm not observing talk-like-a-pirate day. I'm venting my frustration with Language Log, which used this illustration as a "visual aid" for the use of the final serial comma

and then closed comments because too many comments exhibited "irrelevance, rudeness, lack of substantive or amusing content, etc". They deleted said comments so we can't judge for ourselves if "irrelevant" included "objecting to the gratuitous use of nearly-naked women as objects to illustrate a point".

I like the final serial comma. I like Language Log. I do not like this.