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I wonder if this is shop talk that just made it to the air.
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I wonder if this is shop talk that just made it to the air.
While it's true, and probably inevitable, that rescue workers and fire fighters use this sort of language among themselves just so they can cope with the horrific circumstances that are a normal part of their work lives, this was a traffic reporter who should have been a little more careful with word choice.
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I wonder if this is shop talk that just made it to the air.
While it's true, and probably inevitable, that rescue workers and fire fighters use this sort of language among themselves just so they can cope with the horrific circumstances that are a normal part of their work lives, this was a traffic reporter who should have been a little more careful with word choice.
prescriptivist!!!! 
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I wonder if this is shop talk that just made it to the air.
While it's true, and probably inevitable, that rescue workers and fire fighters use this sort of language among themselves just so they can cope with the horrific circumstances that are a normal part of their work lives, this was a traffic reporter who should have been a little more careful with word choice.
Wasn't excusing -- just wondering.
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I wonder if this is shop talk that just made it to the air.
While it's true, and probably inevitable, that rescue workers and fire fighters use this sort of language among themselves just so they can cope with the horrific circumstances that are a normal part of their work lives, this was a traffic reporter who should have been a little more careful with word choice.
prescriptivist!!!!
Where's that ROTFLMAO grĉmlin?? 
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I wonder if this is shop talk that just made it to the air.
While it's true, and probably inevitable, that rescue workers and fire fighters use this sort of language among themselves just so they can cope with the horrific circumstances that are a normal part of their work lives, this was a traffic reporter who should have been a little more careful with word choice.
prescriptivist!!!!
It's not a matter of rules, it's a matter of taste.
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What's a "nastygram" ? A letter of complaint?
(Kia ora sjmaxq!)
I'd like to know too
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> nastygram Father Steve posted this: Quote:
Logwood asks whether I, as a bona fide member of the Word Police, with both a framed certificate and all of the rights and privileges pertaining thereto, wrote a letter of complaint to radio station KOMO-AM, as I am sometimes wont to do.
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