We’re No. 3! All Crunk in Here!
Researchers from the august Central Connecticut State University have released this year’s listing of America’s Most Literate Cities. Atlanta came in third (tied with D.C.). Atlanta moved up from number four on last year’s charts thanks to the tireless efforts of those here at BGB World Headquarters. Hats off, everyone. Actually, I find this very difficult to believe. I believe the operational definition of “literate” has to be suspect in this study.
Besides being the number three (woo!) most literate city in the U.S., Atlanta is also the crunk capital of the world. Don’t believe me? Google “crunk capital.” I’ve lived here for 10 years now, and I have no idea what “crunk” means. I’m also pretty sure that the Montreal reporter who maintains the Regret The Error blog has no idea what it means either. Yesterday the site ran a post under the headline: Crunks ’06: The Year in Media Errors and Corrections. We kicked around RTE’s usage of “crunk” last year, and I am less satisfied than ever that this guy has any clue what the word means. Review the available definitions on Urban Dictionary and pick the one that seems to make the most sense in the context of that headline. Give up? That’s why we’re number three, baby! Do read the list of gaffs though, it’s highly entertaining. For instance, did you know that worker bees were commanded by Queen Elizabeth?
December 14, 2006 7:01 am 
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By Dr J, December 14, 2006 @ 11:28 am
I saw this sign in front of a church in the Kirkwood neighborhood of Atlanta:
Friday Night
Holy Ghost Hip Hop Jam
Crunk for Christ.
If Atlanta is the third most literate city in America… then I fear for the republic. Even more than I did already.
By DJ Cayenne, December 14, 2006 @ 1:07 pm
From the suburbs of the third most literate city in the U.S. comes this report in today’s AJC:
“State Board of Education members Thursday morning backed the Gwinnett County Board of Education’s decision to keep the popular, but oft-maligned (Harry) Potter books on school library shelves…Mallory, who may appeal the decision to Gwinnett Superior Court, said she was not surprised by the outcome. “I guess I didn’t do a good enough legal job because I didn’t hire a lawyer,” she said. “… But these books are the most controversial, highly challenged books of the century. There’s a reason for that.”
On top of being an idiot generally, this citizen proved the old adage that people who act as their own attorney have a fool for a client.