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Mitigated Gall

8 June, 2008 (07:08) | Language

I was very recently reminded of a one-page story that appeared in the New Yorker some years ago. It drops the prefixes or otherwise negates the meaning of some common words and phrases. The bridled style is very settling.

Thanks to the wonder of the intertubz, it appears online.

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