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- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:04, 4 August 2014 (UTC)
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Word Crimes
[edit]- ... that "Word Crimes", "Weird Al" Yankovic's lexicology-based song parody of Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines", has been likened to a modern-day Schoolhouse Rock!?
- Alt ... that "Word Crimes", "Weird Al" Yankovic's grammar-based song parody of Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines", has been likened to a modern-day Schoolhouse Rock!?
- Reviewed: Floortje Mackaij
- Comment: Source (for the comparison) [1]. I will be handling the DYK but will be giving the article's key author credit
Created by Saginaw-hitchhiker (talk), Masem (talk). Nominated by Masem (talk) at 15:16, 16 July 2014 (UTC).
- Comment: The song is not really lexicology-based. Rather, it's prescriptive grammar-based, or perhaps more concisely just grammar-based. —Mr. Granger (talk · contribs) 22:48, 16 July 2014 (UTC)