[Ads-l] to truth-tell

[Mark Zawadzki]

"truth-tell" , very Old English.

On December 1, 2020, at 9:55 PM, Mark Mandel <markamandel at gmail.com> wrote:

As an antonym to "lie", it fills a gap rather usefully IMHO.

MAM

On Sun, Nov 29, 2020, 1:47 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Jacquellne Alemany,  WaPo, on CNN's "REliable Sources" just now.
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> "It's so important to talk about the virus and emphasize that it is real
> and truth-tell about it."
>
> JL
> --
> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
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