- By Jim Evans
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Smart TalkSMART TALK by Dr. Molto Breve
MEET TOGETHER: The staff of the Institute for the Linguistically Impaired has invented a word game. Relaxing in the Fowler Lounge, they play Redundancy Crunching to liven the evening and their wits.
Nurse Laconia Crisp asked Dr. Parley Speake to sit in far proximity. Dr. Speake, in point of warm fact, was making her feel surrounded on one side.
Dr. Speake assured her of his true pretenses.
Feeling somewhat better, Nurse Crisp told Dr. Speake that he had a thick veneer of culture and honor.
Our staff psychologist, Dr. Viva Palaver, said that her eyes were glazing under and suggested that everyone meet separately later.
Unfortunately, Redundancy Crunching will never achieve popularity. To play it, one must develop a hyperawareness to redundancies by treating patients every day. Outsiders often don't even understand that each "corrected" phrase is still wrong.
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