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  Re: .loc.au stats for October
 
(...) There is a difference between using words like the above quoted and unquoted. Unquoted they would rank as low quality, quoted they become highly intellectual as it denotes a meta-concept. I observe you quoted your use of the said word, thus (...) (22 years ago, 5-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
 
  RE: .loc.au stats for October
 
There is the secondary use of quotes was to indicate something which was described as something, but was actually not. Often used to show saracasm within text, particularly with those who are decrying post-modern discourse. Post-modern (and feminist (...) (22 years ago, 6-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
 
  Re: .loc.au stats for October
 
(...) Hey! That's me. Apart from the bit about being a protestant, that is. food for thought: "nothing is absolute" is in itself an absolute statement. Allister (22 years ago, 6-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.au)

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