Over at the Volokh Conspiracy, Eugene Volokh posts about a linguistic, or at least orthographic, advocacy group:
Diaeresis Defense, an eleëmosynary reëducation coöperative.
Favorite artists: The Brontës.
Least favorite artists (winners of Diaeresis Defense's "Ersatz Dieresis Award"): Mötley Crüe.
Slogan: "Two vowels, two sounds, two dots."
I believe the proper expression is "heh." Er, assuming he's kidding, of course...
The Wife and I went to see Revenge of the Sith last Friday. We had a good time, and I've been collecting my thoughts on it (and the rest of the prequel trilogy) since then. I'll give you my short review before the jump—after that, it's going to be deep geekery, continuity spelunking, and I warn you, it gets a little bit negative and there'll be spoilers throughout (don't complain, you've had a week to see it). I should mention up front that there's nothing language-related, so if you're here for linguistics, now's the time to sneak away.
RotS is easily the best of movie of the prequel trilogy. It's full of amazing special effects, including some great lightsaber duels. The things we've been waiting to see for twenty years—Anakin's turn, the Jedi purge, and most of all the duel over the lava pit—all deliver. I was entertained pretty much non-stop, which is something I certainly can't say of the earlier two prequel films (especially TPM). I've read some reviews that say RotS is better than RotJ, and I can almost see it, but I think I'd have to rank the whole series V-IV-VI-III-II-I. (And I really didn't like the Ewoks.) Still, I Lucas did a good job with this movie, which is saying something because this is the one he had to get right.
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