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ImageSMART TALK
by Dr. Shirley Glibb



INTENTS AND PURPOSES: Some patients at the Institute for the Linguistically Impaired suffer from the legalese strain of common redundancy syndrome.  Many of them are lawyers, some of whom are full of themselves, while others just don't listen to themselves.  Viva Palaver, our staff psychologist, might disagree, but I pick up at least a little insecurity in these patients, lawyers or not.  A little striving to appear important.

For all intents and purposes, they think they're being totally and completely right and proper. The rules and regulations of clear expression have escaped them, and they often enter treatment with fear and trepidation, just as often doubting our ways and means.

The language will go to rack and ruin if they don't cease and desist.

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