2008/8/31 Steve Summit <scs(a)eskimo.com>om>:
[If "imitation is the sincerest form of
flattery", I'm thinking
close paraphrase is a pretty good second.]
Liberal commentators are of course having a field day with the
nomination of [[Sarah Palin]] for the U.S. vice-presidency.
The NYT's dishy Maureen Dowd compared the situation to a
deliciously hokey chick flick, including this description
of the heroine's kids:
Track (named after high school track meets), Bristol
(after Bristol Bay where they did commercial fishing),
Willow (after a community in Alaska), Piper
(just a cool name) and Trig (Norse for "strength.")
[
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/opinion/31dowd.html]
Now, was this fantastic satire, or based on truth? A quick check
of our article reveals not only that it's truth, but also where
Dowd got her facts from.
To be fair, there are only so many ways you can give a list of names
together with their meanings. They should cite sources (to avoid
circular references, if nothing else), but I don't see a copyright
violation.