Over the last 150 years, we've gone from the expressiveness of the Charles Dickens' classic, A Tale of Two Cities to the disarticulation-ness of reality television. In part 1 of this 3 part series, we cover Throw Away Words. The useless modifiers we use in our language that don't add value to what we're trying to say.

 

Mentioned in the podcast

Totally, Like Whatever, Ya Know? by Taylor Mali  

Full Poem:

https://www.taylormali.com/poems-online/totally-like-whatever-you-know/

Video of Taylor Performing Totally Like Whatever, Ya Know?

https://youtu.be/LGAMd-tT6fQ

 

How to Wow by Frances Cole Jones 

 

Grammar Bytes - The Modifier

http://chompchomp.com/terms/modifier.htm

 

Full Show Notes Available at

http://PlatformGiant.com/66