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Category: Musings

The Gettysburg Address – as a Rap Song?

Posted on 18 May 202324 December 2025 by The Historical Notionist

In a first attempt at using Chat GPT, I asked it to do the Gettysburg Address in the form of a rap song. This is the result. The feelings are mixed about this technology, but I cannot say that the machine did not give it a good college try. Sure, here’s a possible version of…

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Historic vs. Historical

Posted on 21 December 201223 December 2025 by The Historical Notionist

Historic or Historical?  This blog could have been named the The Historic Notionist.  However, that would be presumptuous. The two words historic and historical are often interchanged but do not mean the same thing.  In fact, the words’ proper usages are grammatically distinct.  Yet, a quick consult to the a well known and portable reference…

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