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(...) Yes. (...) I expect the cost would have been high, but worth paying. (...) Others have already. But if it matters to you, feel free to disprove it. (...) I think it is every bit as relevant as WW1. The USA continues to make bad decisions – (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'm not "anti-American", I'm pro-justice. Understand the difference. Scott A (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"HACKSOR"? That's the device that plumbers use to cut metal pipes with. ;-) [Correct spelling is "hacksaw".] NOTE: Although you translated it out to the word you mentioned above, they actually call people like that "HAXXORS" or some "l33t" (cough) (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hmm. These things should be in the Jargon File. But they're not. Someone call Eric Raymond. (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Not at all. Blacks *did* have serious civil rights issues. Most of the country has been able to get beyond simple racism. Today many blacks face many social and economic problems (as does everyone else!)-- but to continually blame racism is (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) More real dude. You know, like totally less bogus. (...) Now... how do I get rid of it? All the best, Like totally Allan (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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I know, I hate the my bad crap. I think the ebonics went too far and influenced too many white kids. But this is one that bugs me. The 'l33t' speak crap. The using numbers to work for letters but then they forget what it means and go too far. For (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) My university would always say a major was "currently impacted" instead of "full." Geez. (...) There seems this mass delusion that the word "flaunt" is the word "flout". Why would he wave your warning about in a brazen fashion? I don't get it. (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Because every generation wants to communicate in it's own terms. It always has been, and it always will. Besides, "My bad" is so much cooler than any of the others. Anything is better than my generation's, "We need a meaningful dialogue." :-) (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Why not? Why are millions well (...) You choose to dodge my question, so I'll ignore yours for the moment. Are you claiming that blacks haven't been put into a difficult position in the first place due to factors mentioned above? You may ask (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Dave Schuler wrote in message ... (...) flaunted (...) These people are trying to say "flout", but can't tell the difference. Maybe it's the American accent that causes the problem <g,d&r> Kevin ---...--- NEW Cottage kit, 577 pieces! (URL) TOWN (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) More or less as I had figured. But I can't help wondering... why don't people just use those perfectly good expressions? :) Sending an email that says, "oops, my mistake" just seems so much more real than saying, "my bad." The second one (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) *Are* all blacks in the "less money" hole? Why not? Why are millions well off, dispite all of the things you mentioned? I am not trying to sweep all of those things under the rug; I am calling for people who use such arguments as excuses to (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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For me, the first time I heard "me like" or something very similar to it, was when I heard Grimlock, in the cartoon The Transformers, say it. I'm pretty sure that's where it came from. "Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) You know, its a good thing you don't listen to my conversations : ) "my bad" just rolls of the tounge easier, go ahead, say it, then say "my mistake". Which is easier to say in a hurry? Hasta la Vista, Sean (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) You might not want to impact them too hard... I checked four different dictionaries (three printed, one online) and can find in each a reference to the word 'impact' being both a noun and a transitive verb. (1) Ex. Noun = a striking together; (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) My mistake, my error, my bad judgment, mea culpa, oops, excuse me. -->Bruce<-- (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I'm not sure if it's at all related, but the one that makes my neck hairs bristle every time I hear it is, "my bad". I don't know what it's short for, if anything, or what exactly it means, but it bothers me for some reason. :) Allan B. (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) How did blacks get into the "less money" hole? Are you honestly trying to sweep slavery, racism, Jim Crow laws, blocking of access to education, discrimination in the workplace under the rug? If you pretend that this didn't happen, then you (...) (22 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) nothing (...) "neither", (...) here. Thanks for not going there again. (...) Where did I mention muslims? ROSCO (22 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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