Know that funny way that all 24 hour cable news reporters and anchors talk. It's not in iambic pentameter like Shakespeare or in trochees or dactyls. Still there are these strange ways in which certain words are emphasized. "Jerome indicted he did wish to use the men's room." "When asked Caroline expressed that she was interested in a trial separation from her husband." "A spokesman for CVS stated that last years Halloween candy would be on sale." Sensibility is labile. Love in the 17th century was not what it is today, when sex and love have little to do with each other. However, even within a particular time frame humans behave in different ways. You may scream at your partner the minute you walk in the door while having a reputation for being a compassionate individual outside the bounds of your coop. But what if couples, roommates, fellow travelers all started to talk like Wolf Blitzer or his co-host Pamela Brown? How do you say "what's for dinna, meatloaf" in Newspeak? If you remember that's the term Orwell created in l984, but it may be a way of describing the incursion of the media in our lives. For instance, Bob expressed his very firm wish that he would like receive a kiss. "Fred expressed that he was thirsty." "In her phone call, Mona said, and I quote her, 'I'm sick of chicken, chicken, chicken. Can't we be more creative?'"
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