Forum / NYT: Zombie Nouns

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    Ramon Collins
    Jul 25, 07:06pm

    Writers would NOT do this, but people they work for might insist:

    http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/23/zombie-nouns/?emc=eta1

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    Susan Tepper
    Jul 25, 08:29pm

    ZOMBIES... they scare me...

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    Gloria Mindock
    Jul 26, 12:46pm

    Oh those Zombie words!!!! I don't like them!

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    Ramon Collins
    Jul 26, 08:19pm

    Ms. Sword's essay can be summed up with the words I saw on a 60s bumper-sticker: "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle 'em with bullshit."

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    Sally Houtman
    Jul 27, 04:13am

    I nearly skipped this thread because I, um, thought it was about zombies.

    Glad I came back to it. Found it fascinating.

    I guess 'keep it simple stupid' never loses its truth.

    (and written by a New Zealander nonetheless!)

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    Ramon Collins
    Jul 30, 11:32pm

    Sally: It's not your fault, someone has to be from New Zealand.

    NZ has many fine writers -- perhaps because they spend so much time upside down. All thoughts, words and ideas rush to their brains. Something I rarely experience.

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