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| | | (...) I meant as far as the use of the word "damned", it's not a really nice word to be using, ya know? It could be considered bad launguage by some around here. ~Nathan. (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | | | | Re: I just died and went to lego heaven... —Nathan McDowell
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| | | | | (...) Er... 'Language', not 'Launguage'... hehehe. =) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: I just died and went to lego heaven... —Shiri Dori
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| | | | (...) Yeah, I understood what you meant - I just didn't notice. I don't consider "damned" to be considered bad in the right context - but when repeated, it seems harsher and less nice (IMO). I wouldn't have said it that anyway if I had noticed that (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | | | | | Re: I just died and went to lego heaven... —Nathan McDowell
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| | | | | (...) I guess this is a little late, but welcome to the states, Shiri. =) Let me just say you do a really good job of writing in English, better than a lot of people who were born here... I love putting dashes and commas in my sentances, I can't (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: I just died and went to lego heaven... —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | (...) Thanks! The only place I really feel welcome around here is lugnet... but that's a long story... (...) Me either... but my teacher says I should avoid dashes and parenthesis, and switch to commas - but who listens to her? (well, I do on some (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: I just died and went to lego heaven... —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | (...) In formal writing, your teacher has a good point. In conversational writing, who cares? Steve (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: I just died and went to lego heaven... —Bram Lambrecht
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| | | | | (...) my (...) :) I use way more dashes and elipsises (elipses?) in my email than in other writing--I suppose it's more conversational that way... --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | | | | | | Re: I just died and went to lego heaven... —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | | | (...) For the record, ellipsis points. And yes, I use them far too often myself ... best LFB (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: I just died and went to lego heaven... —Selçuk Göre
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| | | | | | (...) You mean triple dots?.. I have the same problem, I have too much of them... But can't avoid the addiction...:-) Selçuk (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: I just died and went to lego heaven... —Sheree Rosenkrantz
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| | | | Shiri Dori <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:FrwnoL.Fyu@lugnet.com... (...) am... (...) word to (...) here. (...) when (...) that (...) and (...) it's (...) because (...) say (...) english (...) Shiri, you just moved this Sept.? You are (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | | | | | Re: I just died and went to lego heaven... —Shiri Dori
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| | | | (...) Well, I did live here when I was 3-6. So it's not like it's all new to me. Still rough at times, though. (...) I'll quote my math teacher on his favorite line: "Thinking is *HARD*!" (...) But thinking in two languages is so much harder than (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | | | | | Re: I just died and went to lego heaven... —Dan Boger
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| | | | (...) heheh... when I moved to Boston, started taking math at BHS, and in the first test I got a 10 (out of 100). Definitely didn't make a good impression on my teacher. It took two months before I finally caught up with the terminology... :/ After (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.il)
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