I tune lots of people out at various times for various reasons (present company excluded -bg-).

In the case of the "certain somebody" you refer to, that person, along with most of those in the same profession, fall into the above category almost all the time.

Fervent wish: on the new HDTV units, can some manufacturer install the equivalent of our wonderful UT "twit filter" ??? I'd replace every TV I own in a heartbeat if one of those was included...


>>My favorite of these is folks who say "nucular" instead of "nuclear". I absolutely cringe whenever I hear an announcer, newscaster or public speaker do this...and most of the time I end up "tuning out" the person speaking because of the mistake.
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>Like a certain somebody in DC that still has not learned how to properly pronounce that one, you mean?