tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450626869303471458.post6402171315289499719..comments2024-02-20T21:53:17.168-05:00Comments on The Spirit's Sword: Actually, I know exactly what he's talking about.Bearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01201581440686945990noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450626869303471458.post-29038333998669523072011-07-30T10:27:30.015-04:002011-07-30T10:27:30.015-04:00... also, (I'm not great for spelling, myself,...... also, (I'm not great for spelling, myself, but I try... ) doesn't <b>Kevin Ritchie</b> know that "aide" is person in a particular office, and "aid" is what an "aide" provides?/dev/nullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06125822577473369784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450626869303471458.post-62814351515520248912011-07-30T10:23:37.902-04:002011-07-30T10:23:37.902-04:00This comment has been removed by the author./dev/nullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06125822577473369784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450626869303471458.post-1562403369993424272011-07-30T10:20:36.743-04:002011-07-30T10:20:36.743-04:00I wonder how much this is the (evident elsewhere) ...I wonder how much this is the (evident elsewhere) fact that plain honesty has become a foreign custom, and how much it's the progressive decline in ability to choose the right word --- "outlandish" where "surprising" or "wrenching" would do better.<br /><br />As I try to reconstruct history from memory, I seem to have stopped paying attention to radio broadcast news when the phrase "unable to be stopped" gained editorial appeal --- applicable to long trains just because, automobiles and trucks with failed breaks, the cars of stupid drivers, boulders, and electoral upsets; and for all that an unthinking description of whatever happened./dev/nullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06125822577473369784noreply@blogger.com