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[Wilson Gray]

I'm impressed by then ease with which the writer was able to
back-formate _to social-distance_ from "social distance", even going so far
as to use hyphenation. Cain beat dat wit a sludge-hamma.

(Ever notice that the same people who pronounce _sledge, flesh_ as "sludge,
flush" likewise pronounce _brush, flush_ as "bresh, flesh"? OTOH, _judge_
can be either "jedge" or the hypercorrected "jurdge/jerdge"? And _much_ et
sim. can be either "moich" or the hypercorrected "murch.")

On Sat, Mar 14, 2020 at 9:16 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Michael Smerconish, top pundit:
>
> "A time to slow down, social-distance, and get a hold of the situation.
> That's what the nation seems to be doing, albeit organically and ad hoc -
> not with any Federal admonition."
>
> Note also  "to social-distance."  Moreover, we shouldn't "allow our fears
> to self-actualize."
>
> JL
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 12:30 AM Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 6:26 PM, Jonathan Lighter <
> wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > To do otherwise, as in outdated patriarchal-imperial prose, would be to
> > lay
> > > one's own trip on the reader, colonizing his/her mind while denying
> > her/him
> > > the freedom to think for himself/herself.
> > >
> >
> > Well said!
> >
> >
> > --
> > -Wilson
> > -----
> > All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
> > come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
> > -Mark Twain
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-- 
-Wilson
-----
All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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