A few desperate J.K./HP questions for the know-it-alls!

[serenadust]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, Ripleywriter at a... wrote:
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 Oh, and the Diane Rehm 
> show. I wouldn't say the woman is a bonehead, but it's as if she 
has a bone 
> lodged *in* her head and it slows her ability for proper speech. 
Poor Joanne. 
> I hope she has met *some* engaging interviewers in what must be a 
great many 
> interviews...She handles it with grace, though, great lady. 


Actually,  Diane Rehm is a highly respected interviewer who has been 
on the air since 1979 and her show has gotten consistently high 
ratings on NPR for a long time.  She began to suffer from a 
neurological disorder called spasmodic dysphoria in the 90's.  It's 
a rare condition that affects the voice and because she receives 
treatment at Johns Hopkins every three weeks, she has been able to 
continue her career, albeit somewhat impared.

I'm sure you didn't mean to be unkind in your remarks, but I thought 
that you ought to know the story behind the speech impairment.

Jo Serenadust, who thinks that Diane Rehm also handles herself with 
grace and is a great lady.