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- 0:00SPEAKER_00: Yeah, yeah, you think so?
- 0:06SPEAKER_00: Good news.
- 0:09SPEAKER_00: Good news.
- 0:12SPEAKER_00: There we go.
- 0:14SPEAKER_00: Oh, this is the long one.
- 0:16SPEAKER_00: This is the 19-second intro there.
- 0:18SPEAKER_00: Bear with me.
- 0:19SPEAKER_00: Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, wherever you are on the Bonnie D here in East Tennessee.
- 0:24SPEAKER_00: It's sunny so far.
- 0:25SPEAKER_00: We never know with the rain.
- 0:27SPEAKER_00: Okay, it's August 19th.
- 0:29SPEAKER_00: As always, I don't know where the year is gone.
- 0:31SPEAKER_00: Lipstick is really horror today, but we're doing the best we can.
- 0:35SPEAKER_00: Let's see what she has to say for us today.
- 0:38SPEAKER_00: Uh, let's see.
- 0:39SPEAKER_00: She's got a couple of silly stories for us today.
- 0:42SPEAKER_00: So, first of all, play it again, sing it again, August 19th in 1967, backed by Mick Jagger and Eric Clappett and the Beatles.
- 0:50SPEAKER_00: All you need is love.
- 0:51SPEAKER_00: Hit number one in the US.
- 0:53SPEAKER_00: Yay! 1977, Debbie Boone's You Light Up My Life.
- 0:59SPEAKER_00: Bob, that wasn't bad.
- 1:01SPEAKER_00: Debuted 1997 Fleetwood Max album, The Dance debuted, and in 2008, Lady Gaga's the Fame.
- 1:09SPEAKER_00: It came out.
- 1:10SPEAKER_00: There we go.
- 1:11SPEAKER_00: Mispronouncing any famous names.
- 1:13SPEAKER_00: Well, I'm gonna set you right, and you might not care, but I thought these were fun.
- 1:17SPEAKER_00: It's not Leonardo, it's Leonardo da Vinci.
- 1:21SPEAKER_00: It's not Vincent Van Gogh, it's Vin Vincent Van Gogh.
- 1:26SPEAKER_00: It's not Dr.
- 1:27SPEAKER_00: Seuss.
- 1:28SPEAKER_00: Uh-oh, it's Dr.
- 1:29SPEAKER_00: Soyce.
- 1:30SPEAKER_00: What?
- 1:30SPEAKER_00: It's not Julius Caesar, it's Julius Kaysar.
- 1:34SPEAKER_00: It's not Edvard Munch.
- 1:37SPEAKER_00: It's Edvard Monk, and it's not Joseph Pulitzer, it's Joseph Pulitzer.
- 1:43SPEAKER_00: Okay, you know what can I tell you?
- 1:44SPEAKER_00: I was looking for stories.
- 1:46SPEAKER_00: The case of the squinting modifier, what in the world is that?
- 1:49SPEAKER_00: Well, you might be using it, you might use it and read it and not sure what it is.
- 1:53SPEAKER_00: It's grammatical quirk that creates ambiguity and confusion.
- 1:58SPEAKER_00: Is a modifier attached to the word before it or the word after it?
- 2:01SPEAKER_00: Let me give you an example.
- 2:02SPEAKER_00: Studies show that reading often improves memory.
- 2:05SPEAKER_00: Now, is it reading often improves memory?
- 2:08SPEAKER_00: You read often, or is it reading often improves memory, meaning when you read, sometimes your memory gets better?
- 2:14SPEAKER_00: I don't know.
- 2:15SPEAKER_00: The other example is the house that got a new roof recently was sold.
- 2:19SPEAKER_00: Well, did it get a root new roof recently?
- 2:22SPEAKER_00: Or was the house that got a new roof recently was sold?
- 2:26SPEAKER_00: So you decide, but squinting modifier, there you go.
- 2:28SPEAKER_00: If you read them, you'll say, Yeah, I heard about that on Say What.
- 2:32SPEAKER_00: Okay, let's go to birthdays.
- 2:34SPEAKER_00: John Stamos, full house and so much work.
- 2:36SPEAKER_00: I think he's a yogurt spokesperson.
- 2:40SPEAKER_00: He's 63.
- 2:41SPEAKER_00: Kira Sedgwick, or Kyrie, you might call her.
- 2:44SPEAKER_00: I know she's married to Kevin Bacon.
- 2:46SPEAKER_00: She starred in The Closer.
- 2:47SPEAKER_00: 61.
- 2:48SPEAKER_00: Leanne Womack, country singer.
- 2:50SPEAKER_00: One of my favorite songs she sings as I Hope You Dance.
- 2:53SPEAKER_00: Beautiful song.
- 2:54SPEAKER_00: Makes me cry, but I won't.
- 2:56SPEAKER_00: Orville Wright in Memoriam.
- 2:58SPEAKER_00: Orville Wright from the Wright brothers.
- 3:00SPEAKER_00: He and his brother created the Kitty Hawk.
- 3:02SPEAKER_00: He was born today in 1871.
- 3:03SPEAKER_00: Coco Chanel, little black dress and so many other beautiful women's fashions.
- 3:08SPEAKER_00: Mine's not so little, but it's still a black dress.
- 3:10SPEAKER_00: Born today in 1883.
- 3:11SPEAKER_00: She was a businesswoman too, and that was a big deal for her time.
- 3:14SPEAKER_00: And Gene Roddenberry, you all know.
- 3:16SPEAKER_00: He, screenwriter, producer of Star Trek, Born Today in 1921.
- 3:20SPEAKER_00: The Teddies are playing checkers.
- 3:21SPEAKER_00: Okay, Bob, we have hot and spicy food for dinner today.
- 3:24SPEAKER_00: You can have a potato with it, and you can have soft ice cream for dessert.
- 3:27SPEAKER_00: It's photography day and it's bow day.
- 3:30SPEAKER_00: That's bow tie, bow dress, whatever you want.
- 3:33SPEAKER_00: There you go.
- 3:34SPEAKER_00: Let's go back to our music and do our shout-outs.
- 3:36SPEAKER_00: I think we're way ahead of time today, but we're gonna find out and let's see what this is for Kathy Davis.
- 3:41SPEAKER_00: Here's the song.
- 3:44SPEAKER_00: Okay, speaking of which, Kathy and Jennifer Davis of New York hugs.
- 3:47SPEAKER_00: Amos and Jake in Nashville, lounging.
- 3:50SPEAKER_00: They're on their way home.
- 3:51SPEAKER_00: Teresa G and the graduates, hugs and kisses.
- 3:54SPEAKER_00: Charles Brakefield just launched the Enigma Reckoning.
- 3:57SPEAKER_00: Techno Thriller.
- 3:58SPEAKER_00: Be technico.
- 3:59SPEAKER_00: Be thrilled.
- 3:59SPEAKER_00: There you go.
- 4:00SPEAKER_00: Sherry and Meyer and Luca, grandson.
- 4:03SPEAKER_00: Happy day.
- 4:04SPEAKER_00: Jerry Natalie and Elire, grandson.
- 4:07SPEAKER_00: The happiness potion kid.
- 4:09SPEAKER_00: Always smiling.
- 4:10SPEAKER_00: Sheila V and Joe.
- 4:12SPEAKER_00: Send me good wishes.
- 4:14SPEAKER_00: Karen Gibson and Hawaii leather powers back on.
- 4:17SPEAKER_00: Carol O, Hunts and Bugs.
- 4:20SPEAKER_00: Never Mellow Hunts.
- 4:21SPEAKER_00: Nancy Pick.
- 4:23SPEAKER_00: All my love.
- 4:24SPEAKER_00: Brad Morgan.
- 4:26SPEAKER_00: 35 minutes.
- 4:28SPEAKER_00: I'm in my hugs.
- 4:29SPEAKER_00: Look at this, everybody.
- 4:30SPEAKER_00: Run rolling up 45 foot away.
- 4:32SPEAKER_00: There you go.
- 4:33SPEAKER_00: I'm gonna get out of here.
- 4:34SPEAKER_00: I'll see you tomorrow.
- 4:35SPEAKER_00: Everybody have a great day.
- 4:41SPEAKER_00: Let's do this for you.