Linguistic Erosion

Contributor: Donal Mahoney - - Technology is wonderful, especially in medicine, Elmo told Opal, the day their son Brett called to tell them the good news. The doctor had told Brett and Debbie their first child would be a boy, according to the machine in the doctor's office. Elmer never trusted machines other than the machines he used on the farm and Opal didn't either but they were happy to hear about their first grandchild. "It's wonderful news," Opal told Brett over the phone. "Your father and I will have two cups of cocoa tonight. It's as cold as you probably remember growing up in North Dakota. I know that teaching at the university means you and Debbie must live in Florida but your father and I miss you." Six months later, Brett called again to say the same machine in the Doctor's office now showed their grandson would be a dwarf....

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