Stories tagged “verbal neighborhood”
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Verbosity
Warm with just a sprinkling of rain, it was a pleasant Thursday afternoon. I was strolling along the streets in my neighborhood when I happened upon an unfamiliar face. She smiled at me, and I greeted her with charming vernacular. She explained that sh...
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Welcome to the Neighborhood
The neighborhood was about twenty-odd years old, and in that time it had not enjoyed much in the way of change or any sort of excitement. Many of the neighborhood’s more visible and notable residents had long since made themselves staples, postur...