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Lucy Linguist & Ethel the Editor Star in "I Love Language"

Are you confident that you are being understood when speaking to your child's doctor?  Are you sure that they know exactly what you need when you finally get to the right menu option at your mortgage company?  Do you know why your small business isn't going where you feel it should?  Is it possibly because you aren't communicating skillfully and efficiently? If it is . . . or if it even might be, you need to join us every Thursday morning on Grace Talk Soup for I Love Language, starring Lucy Linguist and Ethel the Editor.  Laugh along with these two crazy compadres of Communication FUNdamentals, one spoken and one written, while gaining valuable knowledge and important tips on improving...

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Why aren't some words words?

Why are some words not words you ever hear used?  In fact, if you use them, you have a good chance of being perceived as unintelligent. If unbelievable means NOT believable and unimaginable means NOT imaginable, then uncouth means NOT couth.  But couth isn't a word that is ever used.  The dictionary describes "uncouth" as strange, clumsy, lacking in polish and grace, so "couth" would be the opposite of uncouth.  And if you look in the dictionary, you will find this to be the case.  But nobody ever uses it, well...almost nobody: "You can get yus' as couth as you wan' as long as it doesn' cos' me any money!"-Ricky Ricardo, I Love Lucy Isn't it strange that we can...

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Q of the Wk: What does your favorite color say about you?

How it works: Each Monday I ask a thought provoking question about life.  Pose the same question to your blog readers on your own blog along with your answer to the question.  Then come back here and post a comment with a link to your blog post so we can all read everyone’s answers!  It’s been a lot of fun getting to know my readers and their readers and so on and so on… This week’s question: What’s does your favorite color say about you? JoJo’s Answer: As many of you could probably guess, my favorite color is PURPLE!  It's been my favorite color since I turned purple as a baby while on a hot car trip-or so my parents...

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Have Scientists Unearthed the Garden of Eden?

One of the reasons Christians need to respectfully speak out is that popular belief holds that science and the Bible are mutually exclusive. However, more scientific evidence is found each year that supports Biblical truths.  Here's one of significance! On a hot summer's day in Turkey back in 1994, a Kurdish man made what's being called "the greatest archeological discovery in 50 years." "Following his flock over the arid hillsides, he passed the single mulberry tree, which the locals regarded as 'sacred'. The bells on his sheep tinkled in the stillness. Then he spotted something. Crouching down, he brushed away the dust, and exposed a strange, large, oblong stone. The man looked left and right: there were similar stone rectangles,...

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What's wrong with this picture?

I'm starting a new series with an old idea.  Years ago, on my other blog, I posted funny pictures that showed an element of miscommunication.  They were not only great fun, but they illustrated an important issue about communication skills.  Since I no longer have them on my blog, and I have so many new blog readers, I thought I would begin showing them again.  Even if you've seen these before, they are always fun and a humorous reminder of how important it is that we communicate effectively. No doubt posted on the corner of... Follow Direction Street and Traffic Accident Place! Learning communication skills can ALSO be fun with Art of Eloquence!

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