MichaelHarvee
Aug 20th, 2006, 12:56 PM
Here's How to Talk: Say What I Tell You and No One Gets Hurt
Pregnant Pauses: The ninth episode of my series of five-minute essays on language and how to stop using silly cliches, catch phrases and figures of speech.
There's almost no way to avoid the awkward conversation -- you know, when you inadvertently say the wrong thing to the wrong person at the wrong time -- but they can be minimized or even survived with a minimum of embarrassment. This episode shows you how.
See all the Here's How to Talk episodes. (http://www.michaelharvee.com/hhtt/)
Pregnant Pauses: The ninth episode of my series of five-minute essays on language and how to stop using silly cliches, catch phrases and figures of speech.
There's almost no way to avoid the awkward conversation -- you know, when you inadvertently say the wrong thing to the wrong person at the wrong time -- but they can be minimized or even survived with a minimum of embarrassment. This episode shows you how.
See all the Here's How to Talk episodes. (http://www.michaelharvee.com/hhtt/)