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The Slice archive for Sept. 19, 2013

THURSDAY, SEPT. 19, 2013

Talk Like a Trucker Day

That was my friend Ken Stout's suggestion when The Slice asked what might take the place of Talk Like a Pirate Day. Sadly, the examples he provided are unprintable. (For the record, Ken -- a trucker himself -- did not print them either, opting instead…

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Know your AP Stylebook 

See if you can tell where the Slice Blog has tweaked the following entry from the Associated Press Stylebook. "theater: Use this spelling unless the proper name is Theatre, in which case you should avoid mentioning the venue altogether."

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Life and media in 2013 

I was flipping channels and came across a radio talk show simulcast on a cable sports channel. The format features a main host and four sports-geek helpers. It can be entertaining, in small doses. Anyway, at some point, one of the quartet of underlings said…

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Close encounter of the cougar kind

My friend Jeannie Maki lives with her husband out in the country near Colville. The other day, she was outside with her dog when she turned around to see a cougar up close and personal. How close was it? "I could have slapped it." Maki…

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Who said this? 

He's reading the cooking instructions on a snack package and says... "Six minutes to microwave this? Who's got that kind of time?" I'll send a coveted reporter's notebook to the first reader submitting the correct answer.

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