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[Mr. Bill]

Whether or not one agreed with him, he brought a lot of class to the debate of ideas:

The Corner on National Review Online=

Thank you, Mr. B

[James]

Originally Posted by Mr. Bill

Whether or not one agreed with him, he brought a lot of class to the debate of ideas:

The Corner on National Review Online=

Thank you, Mr. B

Wow, I guess I know what Rush will be talking about today. He is without a doubt one of the founders of todays Conservatism.

[arnguy]

Originally Posted by Mr. Bill

Whether or not one agreed with him, he brought a lot of class to the debate of ideas:

The Corner on National Review Online=

Thank you, Mr. B

Certainly a class act and an interesting character. Although I did not agree with many of his ideas, I found him to be amusing, loquacious, and definitely a sesquipedalian commentator and writer. In other words, I always admired his vocabulary.

[arnguy]

P.S. I have been chomping at the bit to find an excuse to use sesquipedalian in a sentence. Finally got that chance.

[Mr. Bill]

Dang I need a dictionary...

[arnguy]

Originally Posted by Mr. Bill

Dang I need a dictionary...

Don't feel bad; until I took up reading a dictionary in my spare time the largest word in my vocabu;ary was delicatessen.

[James]

Originally Posted by arnguy

Certainly a class act and an interesting character. Although I did not agree with many of his ideas, I found him to be amusing, loquacious, and definitely a sesquipedalian commentator and writer. In other words, I always admired his vocabulary.

No doubt about it, he like to use them big words.

[JMO Fan]

Originally Posted by arnguy

Don't feel bad; until I took up reading a dictionary in my spare time the largest word in my vocabu;ary was delicatessen.

always wondered what "deli" stood for -- thanks

Buckley made me feel good about being conservative.

[James]

Not withstanding his garrulous style of conversation or his colloquialism of commentary, he was every bit as disputatious as Rush is today according to the media of his time.

[arnguy]

Buckley was honored with a front page obituary in today's New York Times. I got a kick out of the headline: "William F. Buckley Jr., Dies Sesquipedalian Spark of Right."
It mentions his vocabulary that becane the stuff of legend. Some less kind commentators preferred the adjective "pleonastic" ( using more words than necessary) to describe him. Also, "He was often described as the liberals' favorite conservative."

Last night (or early his morning) the Charlie Rose Show on PBS featured past appearances by Buckley. It included instances where he acted as host of the show several times during Rose's illness. It was quite enjoyable.