Trump’s Language Deficit

Prairie dogs can contaminate the pack with fear of a predator. But humans do it better. For most of us, most of the time, we are sensitive to the basic differences between saying something and putting it down on a page. …And then there is Trump Speak. On display almost everyday is a native speaker of English who seems not to grasp this basic distinction between ephemeral speech and written language.  Head over to Public Linguist for the diagnosis.