July 27, 2007
In Discussing Disabilities, Are We Linguistically Disabled?
In June the Today show personality Al Roker was discussing an animated version of a logo. "Remember that controversial Olympic logo for the 2012 Olympics in London?" he asked. "Some folks have complained that the campaign actually sent them into epileptic seizures. Well, we asked you to weigh in on our Web site in an informal poll; those of you who could get up off the floor after shaking around were able to actually log in."
Roker apologized the next day: "I started joking about it. I
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