- By Jim Evans
- Entertainment
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Smart Talk SMART TALK By Shirley Glibb, R.N.
THEATRE: The Institute for the Linguistically Impaired has made sure that the local schools of Underbelly, Texas (Oliver F. Winchester Elementary, Horace Smith Middle, and D.B. Wesson High) spell theater correctly, especially in drama clubs. British spellings, such as theatre, colour, and centre, are affectations in the USA, like wearing an ascot. Zerk Johnson certainly doesn’t sell tyres at his garage. (The way he talks, it’s tars for cars.)
In Los Libidos, the nearby college town, a community group converted the old town airport into what they insist upon calling the Hangar Theatre. They’ve done a good job, but they call their program for kids the Children’s Theater!
No pretense intended, I’m sure.
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