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Word muddling is no rare thing
Last week’s piece about misstatements on the radio – as well as other communication boondoggles – resulted in readers’ contributions of foulups they’ve either heard of or experienced.
A better way of doing things
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The life of a gypsy speaker
Having spent the better part of the past half century wandering around the world doing public speaking, it occurs to me that our profession is not a lot unlike the life of a gypsy.
Handling life without wheels
There are two types of people in this country: those who have a car and those who don’t.
Registration form shortage reported as deadline nears
Less than a week remains before the Jan. 31 deadline to register to vote in the March 1 primary. While Secretary of State John Scott publicly assured Texas voters that “every single eligible Texas voter will be able to register to vote if they have not done so already,” the League of Women Voters on Friday threatened to sue his office if the nonpartisan group isn’t provided with additional voter registration forms.
Slips of speech come in all forms
Time delay – a feature that allows deletion of serious blunders – has not always been a “backstop” when there’s tongue entanglement on radio broadcasts.
Habits and eating broccoli
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Consider options instead of crowded national park sites
The current COVID crisis has made international travel a challenge, except to America. It is easier to come here than many other places in the world. Some states are more free of the “mask’ and vaccine tyrannies and it is to those states people are going.