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by Dr. Clara Dix

BEST-LOVED FAVORITES:  If the TV is on in the Fowler Lounge, which it is most evenings, Institute for the Linguistically Impaired therapists love to hoot at commercials for Best-Loved Favorites collections.

"No, I want the Most-Hated Favorites collection!" a doctor in his cups may shout at the screen.  "They were playing mediocre favorites today in the BuyMore, another might reply, just to keep the ball in the air, as it were.

The staff refrains from doing business with companies that display linguistic impairment in their advertising, including the offer of free gifts.  We urge patients to do the same.  This is America.  Those who speak English as a first language shouldn't sound as if it were their second or third.

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