Dermot RyanSep 9, 2024

I guess what #ernest_hemingway used to call ten-dollar words have understandably undergone considerable inflation in the seventy or so years since.

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Mr Trump's failure to flash hundred-dollar words should not be automatically equated with linguistic cluelessness.
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https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2024/09/06/the-harris-trump-debate-will-be-a-clash-of-speaking-styles

Two charts assess Donald Trump’s distinctive debate style

Johnson, our language columnist, compares Trump-speak with Harris-ese

The Economist
 Hacker NewsJun 6, 2024
Martha Gellhorn, the only woman to report on the D-Day landings from the ground
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/martha-gellhorn-was-the-only-woman-to-report-on-the-d-day-landings-from-the-ground-180984456/
#ycombinator #American_History #American_Women_sHistory_Initiative #American_Writers #Ernest_Hemingway #Holocaust #Journalism #Magazines #Military #US_Military #Warfare #Women_in_the_Arts #Women_sHistory #World_War_II #Writers
Martha Gellhorn Was The Only Woman to Report on the D-Day Landings From the Ground

In June 1944, the veteran journalist hid on a hospital ship so she could report firsthand as Allied soldiers fought their way onto the beaches of Normandy

Smithsonian Magazine
 Hacker NewsJun 6, 2024
Martha Gellhorn – The Only Woman to Report on the D-Day Landings from the Ground
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/martha-gellhorn-was-the-only-woman-to-report-on-the-d-day-landings-from-the-ground-180984456/
#ycombinator #American_History #American_Women_sHistory_Initiative #American_Writers #Ernest_Hemingway #Holocaust #Journalism #Magazines #Military #US_Military #Warfare #Women_in_the_Arts #Women_sHistory #World_War_II #Writers
Martha Gellhorn Was The Only Woman to Report on the D-Day Landings From the Ground

In June 1944, the veteran journalist hid on a hospital ship so she could report firsthand as Allied soldiers fought their way onto the beaches of Normandy

Smithsonian Magazine
QuotyQuotesNov 18, 2023

When people talk listen completely. Don't be thinking what you're going to say. Most people never listen.

#Ernest_Hemingway