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Mark Liberman, Upenn.edu
Commenters noted the ambiguity of this sentence quoted earlier today in "Rococo": When President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, he wasted little time redecorating. From Bob Ladd: "I was genuinely uncertain when I read the sentence about …
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Jul 6, 2025, 6:38 PM
Rococo
Mark Liberman, Upenn.edu
Feargus O'Sullivan. "Trump’s Gilded Design Style May Be Gaudy. But Don’t Call it ‘Rococo.’", Bloomberg 7/3/2025: The US president’s taste for gilded decor is often dismissed with comparisons to an ornate European style of the 18th century. But the real Rococo…
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Jul 6, 2025, 3:20 PM