It's therefore worth spelling it out: the lovebombing hasn't worked.
"You're young and healthy," Doug says, spelling it out for her.
"We want to wink at the idea of a peep show without spelling it out".
"That's handy what with Yom Kippur coming up!" Phelps-Roper posted another tweet, spelling it out more clearly.
So it's worth spelling it out: John Lennon is not God (and yes, I know about Clapton).
"He is spelling it out, and in the future when a similar issue arises, that court is going to decide who got it right".
The characters might as well have worn T-shirts with their motivations on to save them spelling it out so often.
"Look up 'solstice,' " he says, spelling it out for him and then typing it on his own keyboard, because he is running out of time now.
"In a perfect world I should have spent more time spelling it out," says Mr Walker adding that he should have explained how collective bargaining has given rise to a bus driver in Madison who earns $150,000.
She gave her name, spelling it out, to the clerk at the computer and while her reservation was being checked, quietly discussed opera, theater and museum plans with her daughter.
So I publish my email address, because I have yet to see any compelling evidence that hiding your email address or using silly techniques like spelling it out (doctorowATcraphoundDOTcom) is any proof against email harvesters.
