Savoring another Safire bon-bon

From: tinwhistler <ozziemaland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:58:40 -0700 (PDT)

Safire’s NYTimes Mag column this weeks discusses gaffe and blunder at
some length, and concludes:

... One thing for which the millions of us who are mistake-prone can
be thankful: nobody descends to the baby-talk boo-boo any more. ..
[end excerpt]

A search of the current news archive at Google brought up 160
contradictions of that conclusion, including this recent _Guardian_
headline:

http://tinyurl.com/5ow6mr
Dateline USA

Fox's "baby mama" boo-boo

The network sort-of apologises for another dig in Michelle Obama's
direction.
June 12, 2008 3:07 PM

[end excerpt]

Isn’t it a boo-boo to say bye-bye to boo-boo prematurely?

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Aloha ~~~ Ozzie Maland ~~~ San Diego

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