Blog Fog bragging rights: philosophers win round one

Using words like supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and antidisestablishmentarianism, the philosophers at the Ethics and Culture blog have claimed "bragging rights," suggesting that their command of the written word and its use in elite circles (the world of blogging) far exceeds that of the lowly lawyers here at MOJ.  Here is John O'Callaghan's victory email:

Dear Michael,

In response to your question about how the Ethics and Culture blog fogs, on Gunning Fog we come out at 12.94 beating out your 12.22.  On Flesch-Kinkaid we come out at 9.22 to your 8.54.  On the Readability scale we land solidly at 62.74 to your fairly unreadable 57.11, recalling that one is to aim for a score between 60 and 70.  I suspect, however, that none of the scales take account of our use of Latin, as they simply seem to count syllables.  Shouldn’t our use of Latin on the one hand decrease our readability, and yet increase even further the gap between us and MOJ for level of education necessary to read and understand the page?  ;-)

Yours, John

As the spring semester winds down, its time for a little jocularity!