Posted 4:00 AM by Paul
American Linguistics

Ray is back on the wires. He is pessimistic. Bush will win because amongst other things Kerry "uses too many words" As a sucessful lawyer I trust Ray's judgement, and he has a good point. You need to keep it brief otherwise voters will say, "That guy is all talk".

Kerry would say

" I call upon the warring factions in Kosovo to desist from their inter communal violence".

Bush would say

" Those Kosovans should stop throwing rocks at each and get round the table."

So today's tip for Kerry is - Never use a latin based word if there is a perfectly acceptable Anglo-Saxon alternative.