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Notes & Asides.(current events, letters and commentary)(Letter to the Editor)(Column)
--Dear Mr. Buckley: Mom's the word.
Apparently it has been determined that henceforth the word mom shall be used in all instances to denote the female parent instead of the previously used word that rhymes with "other."
It is not clear why the other M-word has been discredited and banished from the language. Undoubtedly it has something to do with political correctness.
It may be part of a vast left-wing conspiracy.
In any case, we will see headlines in the future such as these:
Saddam Hussein Predicts the Mom of All Battles
The Vatican Considers Mom Teresa for Sainthood
- Notes and Asides.(usage of who and whom)(Column)
- Magazine article from: National Review December 23, 2002 700+ words
...A. Skapa Denver, Colo. --Dear Dr. Skapa: Perhaps you are...vernacular? Cordially, WFB --Dear Mr. Buckley: Who or whom...or off my case? Yours truly, Horst Brakel New York, N.Y. --Dear Mr. Brakel: I think you are...
- Notes & Asides.
- Magazine article from: National Review September 29, 2003 700+ words
...you do see the danger there. "Dear Sir/Ms." might get you by...help you. Cordially, WFB -- Dear Mr. Buckley: I agree with your...might be talked into a draw. Horst Brakel New York, N.Y. -- Dear Mr. Buckley: The June 30 issue...
- Notes & asides.(Letter to the Editor)
- Magazine article from: National Review Miller, H.K. Brakel, Horst Gaunt, Nelson H. Church, Todd November 24, 2003 700+ words
...his voice? Cordially, WFB * Dear Mr. Buckley: I find myself disagreeing...me" instead of "Frankly, my dear ..." That is definitely anti...you think? With best wishes, Horst Brakel New York, N.Y. Dear Mr. Brakel: I do indeed, and...
- Notes & Asides.(Letter to the Editor)
- Magazine article from: National Review October 14, 2002 700+ words
...Sanchez of Arlington, Va., Horst Brakel (yet again) of New York...curiosity. Cordially, WFB -- Dear Mr. Buckley: Quite recently...your letter to me bebeginning "Dear Loyal NR Reader." I am making...Wright Wallingford, Conn. --Dear Mr. Wright: Pardon the typo...
- Notes & Asides.(Australia's gun policy; grammar errors)
- Magazine article from: National Review Buckley, William F., Jr. June 30, 2003 700+ words
-- Dear Mr. Buckley: I never thought...one) in your reply to Mr. Horst Brakel a few months ago. Mr. Brakel...Smith Kingston, N.Y. --Dear Ms. Smith: I find you entirely...persuasive. Cordially, WFB -- Dear Mr. Buckley: I recently received...
- Notes & Asides.(alternative letters, accents and characters in modern computer...
- Magazine article from: National Review Buckley Jr., William F. September 2, 2002 700+ words
-- Dear Mr. Buckley: Your correspondent...Pastorius Jr. Richmond, Va. --Dear Mr. Buckley: In a recent N&A, Mr. Horst Brakel bemoaned the ababsence of umlauted...Emery Albuquerque, N.M. --Dear Mr. Buckley: To reopen the...
- Notes & asides.(Cartoon)
- Magazine article from: National Review Brakel, Horst Kiley, Jack November 7, 2005 700+ words
* Memo to: WFB From: Linda Dear Bill: Thought you'd enjoy...dinner in Washington, D.C. * Dear Mr. Buckley: It is now official...to know. With best wishes, Horst Brakel New York, N.Y. * Dear Bill: More from Johannes Eff...
- Dear Clueless: The Rejection Letters of Edna Albertson.(excerpt)(Abstract)
- Magazine article from: The Horn Book Magazine SIERUTA, PETER D. November 1, 1998 700+ words
The successful publication of Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom...publish, as evidenced in this sampling from Dear Clueless: The Rejection Letters of Edna...season by Cottage Press. January 10, 1946 Dear Miss Brown: Thank you for your submission...
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