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The Monday Morning Memo

Near Jackson Hole, Wyoming

December 13, 1901

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Danger! Danger! This is an AD!

This week I wrote and produced a very simple radio ad to air in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

I did it for Ray Bard, my longtime friend and the publisher of my Wizard of Ads trilogy.

Ray and his son, Shawn, are the developers of Buffalo Run in Wyoming. Surrounded by national forests, water, wildlife and fresh air; not a bad place to own a few acres.

Click the audio bar at the top of the page to hear the radio ad.

Here's Ray's email to me:

Roy,

Here are 3 photos to give you a feel for the place —

1. (above) Salt River, Jim Bridger trapped beaver here, — 1/2 mile away from 
property — public access.
2. Winter view looking north — snow capped mts in all 4 directions — 
Star Valley is only 20 miles long & about 4 miles wide.
3. Stream along Strawberry Creek — not far from here — lots of 
outdoors activities year 'round.

Here's the script of the very simple radio ad I wrote:

ROY: Brewster Higley wrote a song back in 1872 and it started out like this:

JOE:  “Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam…”

ROY: Buffalo Run, just 6 miles south of Alpine, is exactly what Brewster Higley was lookin’ for.

JOE: “Where the deer and the antelope play…”

ROY: …fishing the Greys, Snake, and Salt Rivers, hiking, hunting, perfect for horses and dogs, Buffalo Run is for people who love fresh air and open sky.

JOE: “Where seldom is heard A discouraging word…”

ROY: Spacious 5-acre lots in Buffalo Run start at just two fifty-nine, with all utilities, paved streets, a central water system, 500 trees and shrubs, irrigation rights, and a boat launch just a half mile away.

JOE: “And the sky is not cloudy all day.”

ROY: Can you think of a better investment than an exclusive, 5-acre homesite within a short drive of Jackson? There’ll be only 13 homes in Buffalo Run. Be sure one of’ems yours. These 5-acre lots won’t last long. Call Shawn Bard today at Wyoming Home & Ranch, 307-690-1809.  You’re gonna love Buffalo Run. 307-690-1809. Agent owned.


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Random Quote:

“Ever wonder why we say tick-tock, not tock-tick, or ding-dong, not dong-ding: King Kong, not Kong King?

Turns out it is one of the unwritten rules of English that native speakers know without knowing.

The rule, explained in a BBC article, is: “If there are three words then the order must always be I, A, O. If there are two words then the first is I and the second is either A or O. Mish-mash, chit-chat, dilly-dally, shilly-shally, tip-top, hip-hop, flip-flop, tic-tac, sing-song, ding-dong, King Kong, ping-pong.”

There is another unwritten rule at work in the name Little Red Riding Hood.

Adjectives in English absolutely have to be in the order, opinion-size-age-shape-colour-origin-material-purpose-noun. So you have ‘a lovely little old rectangular green French silver whittling knife.’ But if you mess with that word order in the slightest you’ll sound like a maniac.

That explains why we say ‘little green men,’ not ‘green little men.’ But ‘Big Bad Wolf’ sounds like a gross violation of the opinion (bad)-size (big)-noun (wolf) order. But not if you recall the first rule about the I-A-O order.

That rule seems inviolable: all four of a horse’s feet make exactly the same sound. But we always say clip-clop, never clop-clip.

This rule even has a technical name —the rule of ablaut reduplication—but life is simpler knowing that we know the rule without knowing it.

Play It By Ear: If a word sequence sounds wrong, it is probably wrong.”

- BBC

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