Phrases Are Wearing Thin Letter Of The Week From June 24

I have been reading the letters to the editor in the Spokesman-Review for the past 12 years. Our writers are running out of originality. I have kept count since January 1995, and these expressions have appeared at least 10 times in these past eighteen months.

“Hello!” “Excuse me!” “Pardon me!” “You need a reality check here.” “They don’t get it.” “They still don’t get it.” “They will never get it.” “When will they wake up?” “When will they wake up and smell the coffee?” “I am appalled!” “I am outraged.” “I am angry.” “I am fed up with ….” “I am surprised by the ignorance of ….” “Born again Christians are blah-blah-blah.”

Folks, let’s start looking in the Thesaurus to find some new words and phrases. These above have been overused and overabused. I am outraged by this. xxxx

The following fields overflowed: CREDIT = Edward M. Devlin Garfield, Wash.