![]() I like suave V words, such as Svengali, svelte, bravura, verve. I like spurious, black-as-white words, such as mortician, liquidate, tonsorial, demimonde. ![]() I like solemn, angular, creaky words, such as straitlaced, cantankerous, precuneus, valedictory. I like fat, buttery words, such as ooze, turpitude, gluttonous, toady. So it's just the loveliest story that the letter itself is a joy to read and I would love to read it out. And he went on to win an Oscar for one of his screenplays called "Battleground," starring Groucho Marx. So he wrote a standard form job application letter and sent it to all the directors, producers, movie studios he could find the addresses for, and it got him a job. USHER: This guy was a copywriter in the U.S. ![]() We'll let Shaun Usher tell the rest of the story. Now, Usher finds letters in archives, attics and libraries, notes from historical figures and everyday people - people like Robert Pirosh, who is trying to land his dream job in 1934 in the middle of the Great Depression. He's editor of a blog and book called "Letters Of Note." And this week, we'll hear readings from that collection. ![]() The author of this letter was a man named Robert Pirosh. SHAUN USHER: (Reading) Dear Sir, I like words. ![]()
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