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Thursday, November 17, 2005

Ten word vocabulary for women

Samantha Bonar of the LA Times -- writing about Maureen Dowd's new book, Are Men Necessary -- says she's learned that she needs only 10 monosyllabic words to effectively communicate with men.

You
Big
Strong
Yes
Chips
Game
Beer
Man
Want
Great
For example: "Big strong man want beer?" "You want chips?" "You great!"
I will avoid these words like New Orleans:
Me
I
Why
What
Can
Will
No
Never
Stop
Yuck
As in: "Why do you insist on my wearing these sheer red stockings?" "Can I have one of your beers?" "Will you let me know if you are married?"

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