Thursday, January 02, 2020


Jack’s Winning Words 1/2/20
“Quid pro quo has got to go!”  (Lake Superior State Univ)  Each year this Michigan university lists overused words that should be banned.  Who (besides Latin-philes) can truly translate q-p-q?  Other words on the list are artisanal, mouthfeel and jelly (for jealous).  Maybe I’m out-of-the-loop, but I haven’t used any of the last three.  In his Sermon on the Mount (Mt 5:37) Jesus says: “Keep your words simple; mean what you say.”  (q-p-q: something for something)  ;-)  Jack.   

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