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Wednesday, July 18, 2007 12:00 AM

I hate buzzwords! It's not "carbon," it's "carbon dioxide"

And what about these stupid yellow ribbons everywhere? I hate that too!
By Cary Tennis

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  • Wednesday, July 18, 2007 02:45 AM

    Buzzwords

    That the LW has nothing better to complain about than use of words to describe a problem is pretty pathetic. He should have at least thrown in a comment about something really sordid, if he has anything to write about.

    On the other hand, I can empathize with him-the misuse of the English language is truly appalling; one of my pet peeves is now the new phrase "went missing".

    One is either missing or not. You don't go "missing".

    Popular parlance does not absolve one of ignorance.

    —FMHilton Read FMHilton's other letters

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