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Dweller in yon dungeon dark, Hangman of creation, mark! Who in widow weeds appears, Laden with unhonoured years, Noosing with care a bursting purse, Baited with many a deadly curse?

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Robin Lakoff

Reagan's genius as a communicator lies in his use of ambiguity. . . . Ambiguity is the mother of Teflon.

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As children, women are encouraged to be "little ladies. " Little ladies don't scream as vociferously as little boys, and they are chastised more severely for throwing tantrums or showing temper: "high spirits" are expected and therefore tolerated in little boys; docility and resignation are the corresponding traits expected of little girls. Now, we tend to excuse a show of temper by a man where we would not excuse an identical tirade from a woman: women are allowed to fuss and complain, but only a man can bellow in rage.

Children, Complain, Girl, Girls, Women

Language uses us as much as we use language.

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All language is political.

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To write or speak is to communicate. To communicate is to share meanings, make them ‘common’ to all participants in the discourse. (The etymological root of communication means ‘common. ’)

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