A Great Alliteration; I Love Alliterations!
Written by William Safire, for use by Vice President Spiro Agnew to describe certain members of the news media: "...nattering nabobs of negativism..."
They still exist.
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With what is going on right now, the total dishonesty of the media I prefer the term screaming &##$(&&^$%##$**&^%$%%(*())&%$%^^&&!!!!!!!!!!!!! But that is just me.
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That is one of the great classics of alliteration in American politics.
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You guys paid attention in 9th grade English class.
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Can not remember if it was Safire or one of the other national reporters / speech writers but someone used to do a syndicated column on writing and word usage . Loved to read it and did so for years .
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Mendacious media minions maliciously manipulating the mindless masses to a morass of muck.
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Translated to Southern whats that mean?
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Translated to Southern whats that mean?
Roughly translated? Bit@&y busybodies.
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I posted something similar like this ^^^ yesterday and it got Zapped away....... 🤔
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Perhaps posting a pertinent but potentially plagiarized piece of popart posed a problem.
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I had to look it up, waste of perfectly good brain cells to learn all that.
"repetition of closely connected series of words that have the same beginning consonant sounds."
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Languages evolve and change no sense standing in the way of that. What was proper English 100 years ago is different than today and likewise tomorrow.
Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in a sentence, like “The squeaky wheel gets the grease.”
Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds in a sentence, like “All’s well that ends well.”
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Language lovers learn lots of layers of linguistic legerdemain and live laudably.
(How'm I doin' nunn?)
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Keep it coming
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I took lessons in English from the Norm Crosby School of Silly Syllables, Advent Adjectives, No-Nothing Nouns, and Veracious Verbs.
RIP Norm!
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For over 40 years I read the Raleigh News and Observer every day . William Safire wrote a columnon the English language and grammar usage for the New York Times magazine . It was syndicated in many newspapers . Many of his columns dealt with obscure rules of usage . Learned a lot about writing thru his columns , not they it ever did me a lot of good in my career 😂. Took till just now to remember his name
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I love the English language. It pains me to read how people so casually mangle it with no guilt or remorse. Safire's columns were gems.
Surely, Safire's submissions subtended several symptoms of solipsism.
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Maybe so, but I know I need some alliterations on my overall jacket.
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