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Listening Post: Brought Fourth

by on July 4th, 2013
Fireworks. Archive Photo of the Day: Carol Kepes, Saranac Lake NY.

Fireworks. Archive Photo of the Day: Carol Kepes, Saranac Lake NY.

Apple pie. Bunting. Coppertone. Declaration. E pluribus unum. Fireflies. George III. Hot dog. Iced Tea. Jefferson. Kabob. Last gleaming. Marching band. Nation. Oh, say can you see? Potato salad. Quill. Roman candle. Swimming hole. Truths to be self-evident. Unalienable. Vacation. Waves of grain. X? (Got xilch). Yankee Doodle. Zeal.

Suggest any abecedarian alternatives to the above items the Fourth brings forth in you in a comment below. Xtra kudos for any “X” suggestions. Have a happy Independence Day.

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7 Comments on “Listening Post: Brought Fourth”

  1. Hank says:
    July 4, 2013 at 11:45 am

    “Knee high”

  2. alan snedeker says:
    July 4, 2013 at 11:52 am

    “Ahhs” (fireworks) for apple pie ….”Booms” for bunting, “Finale” for fireflies, Xylophone

  3. Bob Falesch says:
    July 4, 2013 at 12:41 pm

    abecedarian — had to look up that one :–)

    “manifest destiny”
    eX – American Indians
    conquest
    “American exceptionalism”
    de Tocqueville
    Eye of Providence (~~$1.00)

  4. Jacqueline Altman says:
    July 4, 2013 at 1:27 pm

    Xcellent! 🙂

  5. Joseph S says:
    July 4, 2013 at 2:18 pm

    Song “4th of July” from X’s album “See How We Are”

  6. Byron Whitney says:
    July 4, 2013 at 4:29 pm

    Xtra! Xtra! Read all about it! Xylophone Stars and Stripes.

  7. Joseph S says:
    July 4, 2013 at 6:06 pm

    Considering a darker side of patriotism: sometimes jingoism can be the effect of, or result in, xenophobia.

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