Savoring another Safire bon-bon

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tinwhistler - 30 Jun 2008 19:58 GMT

Safire’s NYTimes Mag column this weeks discusses gaffe and blunder at
some length, and concludes:

... One thing for which the millions of us who are mistake-prone can
be thankful: nobody descends to the baby-talk boo-boo any more. ..
[end excerpt]

A search of the current news archive at Google brought up 160
contradictions of that conclusion, including this recent _Guardian_
headline:

http://tinyurl.com/5ow6mr
Dateline USA

Fox's "baby mama" boo-boo

The network sort-of apologises for another dig in Michelle Obama's
direction.
June 12, 2008 3:07 PM

[end excerpt]

Isn’t it a boo-boo to say bye-bye to boo-boo prematurely?

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Aloha ~~~ Ozzie Maland ~~~ San Diego

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musika - 30 Jun 2008 20:41 GMT

> Safire’s NYTimes Mag column this weeks discusses gaffe and blunder at
> some length, and concludes:
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> contradictions of that conclusion, including this recent _Guardian_
> headline:

This is not a _Guardian_ headline. It is from a blog.

> http://tinyurl.com/5ow6mr
> Dateline USA

That is: deadlineUSA

> Fox's "baby mama" boo-boo
>
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
> Isn’t it a boo-boo to say bye-bye to boo-boo prematurely?

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tinwhistler - 30 Jun 2008 22:04 GMT

> > Safire’s NYTimes Mag column this weeks discusses gaffe and blunder at
> > some length, and concludes:
[quoted text clipped - 27 lines]
> Ray
> UK

Sorry for my blogging boo-boo.
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musika - 30 Jun 2008 22:21 GMT

>>> Safire’s NYTimes Mag column this weeks discusses gaffe and blunder
>>> at some length, and concludes:
[quoted text clipped - 25 lines]
>
> Sorry for my blogging boo-boo.

Don't mention it yogi.

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Savoring another Safire bon-bon