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March 05, 2005
REALLY?: Emoting wisdom
A brief profile in Harp of singer-songwriter Willy Mason says he “spews wisdom like Buddha.” I don’t know Willy Mason and have never heard his music, but this strikes me as a tad strong. And when the article says he “emotes wisdom” I would argue that he doesn’t because doing so is a linguistic impossibility (see any dictionary).
I plan to make REALLY? a running feature on Minor Tweaks. That said, most of us are guilty of overstatement from time to time. When I was a teenage reporter for a small newspaper in New Mexico, I once compared a remote-controlled boat race to Woodstock. Which was probably a little off: There was less nudity at the remote-controlled boat race and the music wasn’t nearly as good.
Posted by teb at March 5, 2005 11:14 AM