Well, with the passing of William Safire, it looks as if others will have to step up and fill the resulting void as self-appointed watchdogs against abuse of the English language … and heaven knows they are needed now, more than ever. It was Safire, incidentally, who as Richard Nixon’s speechwriter coined the marvelously alliterative [...]
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“Hunny”? “Hun”? HUH?!…
Posted in Pop Culture, tagged Attila, Balkans, Baltic, Battle of Chalons, Boxer Rebellion, China, Danube, English language, Europe, Flagellum Dei, France, Gaul, Germany, Hun, Hunnic Empire, Kaiser Wilhelm, Morse Code, nattering nabobs of negativity, Orleans, Pickelhaube, Powers of Darkness, Richard Nixon, Roman Empire, Scourge of God, Spiro Agnew, telegram, texting, Ural, watchdogs, William Safire on October 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
