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ImageSMART TALK

by Dr. Will S. Sert


IS-IS: This seems to be the official intellectual stuttering disorder. Listen carefully - all around you, the linguistically impaired are loftily saying, "The thing is-is that..." or, "The problem is-is that..."

And I swear I've heard triples! Why? Just one will do nicely, thank you. Just say, "The problem is that..." and you'll sound much more intelligent.

At the Institute for the Linguistically Impaired, we find this disorder in patients from all levels of society. They don't seem to listen to themselves or hear the absurdity of the repetition when others say it.

The same patients often also say things like, "Attending the meeting were Mrs. Smith, Mr. Jones, and myself," instead of the correct I, as well as very unique instead of unique, feel badly instead of feel bad, and firstly instead of first. That's why we consider is-is to be a symptom of fatuousness.

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