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SMART TALK: Meet Together |
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Jim Evans
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Friday, 07 March 2008 |
 SMART TALK
by Dr. Molto
Breve
MEET TOGETHER: The staff of
the Institute for the Linguistically Impaired has invented a word game. Relaxing in the Fowler Lounge, they play
Redundancy Crunching to liven the evening and their wits.
Nurse Laconia Crisp asked Dr. Parley Speake to sit in far proximity. Dr. Speake, in point of warm fact, was making her feel surrounded
on one side.
Dr. Speake assured her of his true pretenses.
Feeling somewhat
better, Nurse Crisp told Dr. Speake that he had a thick veneer of culture and honor.
Our staff psychologist, Dr. Viva Palaver, said that her
eyes were glazing under and suggested
that everyone meet separately later.
Unfortunately, Redundancy Crunching will never achieve
popularity. To play it, one must
develop a hyperawareness to redundancies by treating patients every day. Outsiders often don't even understand that
each "corrected" phrase is still wrong.
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