?? I find it eminently readable, even engaging, in a travelogue sort of way. I didn't recall seeing any $10 words, or even $5 words, and not many $2 words ( "languid torpor" maybe ). It's written in the first person, but I can assure you that's a perfectly legitimate literary form.

Who cares about the target audience? Who cares if (if true) Americans read at a 5th grade level? I'm hopeful all denizens of this forum can do better than that.

>I'm trying to figure out who the target audience is for that site. The majority of Americans read at a 5th grade level and wouldn't have any idea what's being said. It's supposed to be a news story/commentary, not trying to win a prize in literature.I'll pass on trying again, I just can't stomach it.
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>It reminds me of a local radio food critic here in SLC. He. Reads. Each. Word. Like. It's. A. Separate. Sentence. And I can't even describe his ennunciation.
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>>Seriously? That's the literary equivalent of an ad hominem attack ( ad librinem ? )
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>>Hold your sensitive nose and keep going, it's an interesting read.