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Poor America
Blame our financial woes on poor spellers, like the intellectual charity case in the White House.
By Garrison Keillor [2008-03-26]
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  • A Correction

    To the Blogging Community at Large:

    The word "loose" is pronounced "lewss" and means 'to release' or 'not fastened tightly.'

    The word "lose" is pronounced "looz" and means 'to miss from one's possession; mislay' or 'to bring to destruction.'

    Please stop using the one when you mean the other.

    Thank you.

    -- Pretty Lady
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    Thursday, March 27, 2008 03:59 PM

  • Leaps in logic substitute for humor?

    Spelling as the cause of fiscal ruin? I think this leap is a bit too wide. Perhaps it is the lack of complex problem solving abilities paired with low reading comprehension that is a better skill base to blame. Spelling may be a subset of reading comprehension in a broad sense, but overall there are much better links to make for our collective fiscal ruin than spelling.

    -- Metalman
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    Thursday, March 27, 2008 04:50 PM

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