- By Jim Evans
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SMART TALK by Dr. Molto Breve
COUNTY SHERIFF: Newscasters, who should know better, commit this redundancy frequently. Lengua Loco County Sheriff, or Broken Wind County Sheriff, OK, but county sheriff? As opposed to what? City sheriff? A sheriff is always a county officer.
And while we're discussing elected officials (elected by the voters, the linguistically impaired would say), this is just as silly as saying city mayor or state governor.
Not much better than round circle, eh?
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