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1. St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 2010
In honor of St. Patrick's Day and the contributions of the Irish
to the art of conversation, I have shaped this issue of
"Better Conversations."
2. Conversation Quotation
"For an Irishman, talking is a dance."--Deborah Love
Lighten someone's day with a funny story.
Humor is often the best medicine for stre
5. Foreign Word: blarney
BLAR-ney (noun)1. Smooth, flattering talk2. Deceptive nonsense(verb.)to cajole with flattery; wheedle(After the Blarney Stone in Blarney Castle, Blarney, Ireland)
6. Word-a-Week: limerick
Alimerickis a five-linepoemwith a strictrhyme scheme(aabba), which intends to be witty or humorous, and is sometimes obscene with humorous intent. It may have its roots in the 18th-century Maigue Poets of Ireland and is named after Limerick, the third largest city in the Republic of Ireland.
An example of a limerick:
The limerick packs laughs anatomical
In space that is quite economical,
But the good ones I've seen
So seldom are clean,
And the clean ones so seldom are comical
Loren Ekroth �2010, all rights reserved
Loren Ekroth, Ph.D. is a specialist in human communication anda national expert on conversation for business and social life.
Contact atLoren@conversationmatters.com