In a message dated 1/19/13 5:22:00 PM, [email protected] writes:
> Of course he also coined > the phrase "talk-sounds" which through a life of hearing people talk > stupid is one of the stars. > A big wordsmith like me should maybe be satisfied to have coined a verbal star of any kind, but I like better your characterization of "talk-sounds" as, in effect, a star of ugliness rather than stupidity. "Talk-sounds" ain't as stupid as it sounds. (Which reminds me of Twain's comment that Wagner's music is not as bad as it sounds.)
