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misspelling carpetbagger. The other spelling error may be excusable, as it is the same spelling error made last week by Barbra Streisand in her “Marching Orders” facsimile to Dick Gephardt and the Democrat Party
As a matter of fact, Ms. Streisand, Mr. Spande of Sperryville and I incorrectly spelled his name Gebhardt. I stand corrected for my spelling errors and my apologies to Mr. Gephardt.
Now to those who wonder if I have access to a dictionary, I do. The first word I looked up was “patronizing.” as in “Do you think it would be patronizing if I asked him if he had access to a dictionary?” It’s an adjective: characteristic of those who treat others with condescension. Then I looked up “partisan” and found it is an adjective: one devoted to or in support of a party, group, or cause. Yep, that’s definitely me! I was thrilled when I found the definitions of two other words of which I was accused: “hyperbole,” a noun: a figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, and “histrionics,” a noun used with a singular or plural verb: exaggerated emotional behavior calculated for effect. Those are the nicest compliments I have had about my writing in a long time. Now we move on to “broadsheet.” Hmm.a noun, dating from 1705. Broadsheet: a newspaper with full-size pages as distinguished from a
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