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My New York Week July 8 – July 14<\/p>\n

Overused Words and a Wordy Book<\/p>\n

I\u2019m so sorry the word, fuck, has lost its virginity. Aren\u2019t you? I was thinking that while a friend and I watched THE HEAT, a sentimental, predictable, violent, girlie-bonding, white trash summer movie. Isn\u2019t fuck the ghost pepper of words – to be used sparingly by those who know what they\u2019re doing? Where do we go from here? Is there another word with its repulsion\/fascination factor?<\/p>\n

Guy is a word that needs to be replaced with synonyms. Am I the only woman who is puzzled when a woman only audience is addressed as you guys?<\/p>\n

How are you? Well or good? This is one the grammarians have lost, but it does give us snobs ample opportunity to prove we know the difference between an adverb and an adjective.<\/p>\n

Recently, I read Whittaker Chambers\u2019s WITNESS. It\u2019s a beautifully written book in formal American English by the controversial Mr. Chambers. Was he or wasn\u2019t he a lifelong Commie?\u00a0 Is his book a slick whitewash or a sincere recantation? It made me wonder whether this country would have been better or worse if Communism had gained a legal foothold. We\u2019ll never know.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_0175\"<\/a>This pianist wheels his piano into Washington Square Park and then serenades us with Chopin.<\/p>\n

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