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Re: writing for radio-- a lost art?

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Subject: Re: writing for radio-- a lost art?
From: "Aaron [Bishop] Read" <aread@speakeasy.net>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 17:19:46 -0400
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At 08:15 AM 8/11/2002, SteveOrdinetz wrote:
>I see it as part of a general dumbing-down of America.  The warnings on 
>wheelbarrows that warn of the consequences if you don't lift both handles 
>at the same time.  Never mind the instructions for assembling that bicycle 
>or a warranty...it may be written in 6 languages, but also written for a 
>3rd grader (so-called "plain English")

Comedian Bill Engvall has a priceless routine on stupid warning labels on 
products; it's called "Here's your Sign"

http://www.wbr.com/nashville/billengvall/


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Aaron "Bishop" Read     aread@speakeasy.net
FriedBagels.com Technical Consulting
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References:
- writing for radio-- a lost art?
  - From: Donna Halper <dlh@donnahalper.com>
- Stooooopid move, 'CBS-FM! (Re: WCBS-FM's "Doo Wop Shop" To End 27 Year Run)
  - From: "Peter Q. George" <radiojunkie3@yahoo.com>
- WCBS-FM's "Doo Wop Shop" To End 27 Year Run
  - From: "Mark Watson" <markwats@attbi.com>
- Re: writing for radio-- a lost art?
  - From: SteveOrdinetz <steveord@bit-net.com>

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