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  Date : 2012-06-18
Bird man excluded from town festival tries not to squawk

불평하지 않으려 노력하는, 마을 축제에 초대받지 못한 조류 연구가
 
DEAR ABBY: I am a professional ornithologist (bird expert) with a substantial record of accomplishments -- books, scientific papers, blog, website, consultant work, etc.
 
My hometown has held a bird festival for more than a decade and each year it features a main speaker at the dinner. My expertise and experience far outshine that of any of the speakers they have invited by a considerable margin. I am well-known in town, but have not been asked to speak.
              
I talked to the festival board members, and they say I haven't been deliberately excluded, but they didn't give me any reason why I have been ignored. There's no history of bad feelings, but I'm starting to develop some now. It feels like a personal and professional snub. How do I respond? -- UNAPPRECIATED IN CALIFORNIA
 
DEAR UNAPPRECIATED: You're not alone with this dilemma. To paraphrase a verse from the Bible (which also sounds like Rodney Dangerfield), "A prophet is without honor in his own hometown."
 
Because the festival board members have been made aware that you are qualified and would like to be a speaker, it's time to step back. Make other plans for when the festival is held. It's possible your absence may make their hearts grow fonder. However, if it doesn't, at least you won't be sitting at home and brooding. (Sorry, I couldn't resist.)
 
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DEAR ABBY: Is there any medical reason why a man or woman needs to wear underwear? -- MICHAEL IN LADSON, S.C.
 
DEAR MICHAEL: There is no "medical" reason, but there is a sanitary reason, unless you are prepared to launder your trousers every time you wear them to prevent the accumulation of bodily secretions such as perspiration.
  
* squawk (큰 소리로) 불평하다 (=to complain or protest about something)

* outshine 더 뛰어난 (=be much better than someone in a particular area)

* snub 모욕 (=an act of rebuffing or ignoring someone or something)

* prophet 선지자 (=a person regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God)

* brood 화나는 일을 곱씹다 (=to think deeply about something that makes one unhappy, angry, or worried)

* launder 세탁하다 (=wash or iron clothes or linen)

* secretion 분비물 (=any substance that is secreted by an organism)
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