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The Slice archive for April 26, 2012

THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2012

Fears about appearance swept aside

Regular visitors to this little dance party might recall when I mentioned that my rain hat is a Detroit Tigers cap. That was before the start of the baseball season. At that time I noted my concern that wearing this hat might invite strangers to…

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Things That Would Get Old Department 

I exchanged emails this week with a reader who has an unusually spelled first name. It's not complicated or impossible to pronounce, et cetera. It's just a seldom seen variation on a common name. I asked her how often people misspelled it. She said that's…

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The real Engelbert Humperdinck 

Was a German composer. He died almost 100 years ago. The singer who borrowed that name started life as Arnold Dorsey. I looked it up because I overheard a conversation about that name and found myself wondering if Engelbert Humperdinck might have been a Charles…

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