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He was certainly a language user.

He brought "Prairie Home Companion" to San Luis Obispo, CA several years ago. My wife and I attended a fundraiser for something and there was an auction for front row seats and seats at a table with Keillor at a potluck dinner before the show. I outbid everyone for the tickets. Cost a pretty penny, too, I'll say.

Anyhow, I got to go through the potluck line behind him and sit next to him for over an hour. We had some great conversation and joked back and forth. At the show, which was broadcast live, my wife noted that she could have reached up and tied his shoelaces together. She did not do that, though.

He is a wonderful conversationalist, if you can keep up with him. A most enjoyable evening. Not too long after that, my wife and I had to move to the Twin Cities to help care for her aging parents. I've been able to converse with him a few times since then at one event or another. A gem.