William Safire

Deleted Offline	William Safire Sept 29, 2009 13:25:13 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2009 13:25:13 GMT Legendary speechwriter and columnist William Safire passed two days ago. While I did not agree with his politics I was a huge fan of his NY Times magazine column that he wrote for about three decades;On Language. A brilliant mind.

Deleted Offline	William Safire Sept 29, 2009 14:08:37 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2009 14:08:37 GMT Yes, I always loved his language columns. Since I am very conservative about language, we probably saw eye to eye on the subject.

lola member Offline	William Safire Sept 30, 2009 16:28:42 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by lola on Sept 30, 2009 16:28:42 GMT I went to hear him at Washington U some years back. Witty, amusing speaker. He talked about the pronunciation of Loo uh vul, KY, where he had just been, and said he was glad to be in "Saint Loo uh." He wisely kept politics out of it.

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