At last, a worthwhile video from the NYT Laugh Lines humor page:
http://laughlines.blogs.nytimes.com/200 ... never-day/
Fun Language Gag Video
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Fun Language Gag Video
Life is like playing chess with chessmen who each have thoughts and feelings and motives of their own.
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Good one! I've forgotten which word it was, but I remember a nun from about 5th grade or so telling someone who mis-pronounced a word, "You have the emPHAsis on the wrong sylLAble." I've always remembered that phrase.
Regards//Larry
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"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
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