There are 4 messages totalling 101 lines in this issue. Topics
of the day: 1. Gum chewing 2. hypercorrection 3. Pig Latin 4.
Private languages ----------------------------------------------
------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 01:44:27 CST
From: "Donald M. Lance" Subject: Re: Gum chewing I remember
Johnson's remark because it reminded me of the task that the
five siblings on our family had fun with in the early 1940s.
Johnson's remark wouldn't've reminded me of that scene on the
Knox farm west of town if he had said anything other than "walk
backward and chew gum." My recollection is that Johnson was not
just insulting Ford but commenting on potential dangers in the
election. It's popular, and politically positive, of course to
remember only the coarseness of Johnson's speech. Who knows
what's correct? Political correctness isn't exactly new. For a
long, long time it has been politically incorrect to say nice
things about Lyndon Baines Johnson. He's not a hero of mine, but
he did get the Civil Rights