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Show SILLY TO HIDE ADMIRATION ' Writer Makes Point When He Deplores De-plores What He Asserts It Linguistic Lin-guistic Camouflage. 'The only criticsm I would make of you is that your heart is so big it sometimes some-times overrules your judgment." This Is a remark that Is often heard. What does It mean? As a rule It is not Intended In-tended ns a criticism at all, but rather as a compliment. Why not, then, have done with linguistic camouflage? Why hide our admiration for a friend under a doubtful phrase that might leave a sting? Since at heart we are all sentimental, sen-timental, und since we consider u good heart of more real value than the head, both to its possessor and to bis friends, why ntt tuy so plainly? How delicate we are, after nil! Or Is It that most of us have been dishonest so long that even in our happiest conversations con-versations we unconsciously resort to diplomatic expression ? Los Angeles Times. |