I have been doing some scribbling on the way we hear things, versus the way they are: e.g., “Frank O’Harris” for “Franco Harris.” A thousand letters have come in on this enjoyable subject, and I have published a few. One more? Just because it is so . . . us. So NR/NRO.

Hi Jay,
In a former lifetime, I was a tax attorney who dictated letters and memos explaining the income-tax implications of various proposed business transactions. A temporary secretary of mine once typed a warning to a client that a particular structure would cause “attacks on income.” I decided to let it stand . . . it was true, after all!