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Biden-Palin Vice-Presidential Debate
It turned out that the conservative (i.e., mainstream) media had a point when they said that they feared a tone of condescension might be set at the Vice-Presidential debate. Where they were wrong was in their insistence that it would … Continue reading
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Tagged Biden-Palin debate, Joe Biden, politics, Sarah Palin, vice presidential debate
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Being Condescending Toward Palin
We know that this is a blog about language and grammar, not politics, but we can stand it no longer. This nonsense about how difficult it will be for Senator Biden not to appear condescending to Governor Palin in this week’s … Continue reading
Posted in language, off topic, politics
Tagged Clinton, Governor Palin, McCain, Obama, politics, Senator Biden, vice presidential debate
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Political Attacks
There are two aspects of communication—speaking and listening. The blog focuses mainly on the speaking part, of course, but I’ll look at the listening part today since it’s just as important. The Democratic and Republican conventions have come and gone … Continue reading
Posted in language, politics
Tagged Democratic convention, language, McCain, Obama, politcal attacks, politics, President Bush, Republican convention
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If The Election Were Held Today…
Every time that I hear a reporter or guest on a “news” program talk about the upcoming election in terms of “If the election were held today, then…,” I want to finish the statement with “not very many people would … Continue reading
Pre-owned Car Salesman
As a meteorologist, I have sympathy for people with jobs that don’t get much respect—and I’m not talking about the egg processing factory. (Maybe Rodney Dangerfield should have considered a job as a weather forecaster.) I feel bad for the … Continue reading
Posted in humor, language, politics
Tagged humor, language, pre-owned cars, used car salesman
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Enjoy the Funeral
I don’t know too many people who would say enjoy the funeral, but that’s as logical as saying Happy Memorial Day. Memorial Day is a day to honor those who died in service of the country; it’s a solemn occasion. Believe … Continue reading
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Tagged Happy Memorial Day, holidays, language, Memorial Day
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Insightful Political Analysis
An MSNBC political pundit must have heard about my unadvertised use one amorphous cliche from my book, get the second free special since he gave this insightful analysis of the extended Democratic nomination process last night using two entries from the … Continue reading
Posted in language, politics
Tagged at the end of the day, grammar, it is what it is, language, politics, trendy words, writing
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Diss Goes Mainstream
It’s interesting to follow the progression of one generation’s trendy words as they spread into the more mainstream lexicon. The reason that the new generation started to create the new, trendy way of speaking was to separate themselves from the … Continue reading
Posted in grammar, language, politics, writing
Tagged Andrea Mitchell, Chris Matthews, diss, English, grammar, language, MSNBC, Newt Gingrich, politics, writing
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