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(...) It's normal language behavior. People call Netscape Navigator "netscape". I even know people who (not so much now, but a few years ago) call Microsoft Word "microsoft". No one says "may I have a kleenex facial tissue". It's natural to treat (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) to (...) As a grad student, I had to occasionally request inter-library loans internationally. It is no problem. (...) But virtually everyone over the age of twelve exhibits enough clue or discipline not to shoot people at random, or for petty (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You're a little ahead of yourself, it all depends on the recount in Florida, anything can still happen. (...) I thought about that, but Canada isn't MUCH better. I was thinking more Austrailia myself, assuming I didn't put too many i's in it. (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) No problem, since Vancouver would be my final destination...VLC-here I come! ;-) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(snippage of book suggestion, thanks, but I don't think we would have access to a copy here in Newfoundland) (...) Because, just like the NRA says, guns don't kill people, people kill people. A gun is as harmless as any other 10 lb object, at least (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I don't really think so, no. Because to have a total competition vacuum assumes that you're talking about a company that makes boxes full of elements and hands them to kids in a round grey room with absolutely nothing else to do. I guess a (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I thought that was pretty clear. I think: 1. Too many people are getting shot. 2. Big drugs problem. 3. Poor welfare system. Are these things related - I think so. Will handing out guns & LSD whilst cutting back education and health make it (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Huh? The argument is circular whether viewed from a cultural relativist standpoint or not. (...) I understand that you're working on very little sleep, but to proclaim someone's lexicon as "illiterate garble" just because it doesn't adhere to (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Low writes: <snip> (...) Very true. Gore *should* have destroied Bush. He made several missteps along the way and I personally think he should have enlisted the help of Clinton more. Just about everyone I know, (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I was quite shocked by some of the liberal commentary on this. The two-party (equals one-party) system is pretty entrenched in Australia too, but no-one goes around saying that a vote for a third party is some sort of "betrayal". If Gore (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) While I agree with you to an extent I wouldn't worry too much in that while the Republican's will have a majority in the House and Senate it is not enough of a majority to do whatever they want. Especially in the Senate the Dem's have enough (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ah, but you've got to look at the rest of the government right now - Republican Senate and House, and, should Bush win, more Rep judges. That's a big step backwards this country doesn't need. -Jeremiah- (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I am so _not_ going to get in a cultural relativism argument over grammar and aesthetics. I'm a liberal in principle and a conservative in practice (except for anything from the seventies). (...) Yeah, it's not really a disagreement. I know (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That really depends on how much of your money that is taken from you actually gets used to "benefit" people. Do you think that any large percentage of 1/3 of your income actually produces results? If so, I have a couple of bridges you might be (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"Steve Bliss" <steve.bliss@home.com> wrote in message news:4m7j0t4jiq8pn2s...4ax.com... (...) what (...) You really wanna spend *that* much on LEGO? ;-) <grin, duck, & run> -- Tim Courtney - tim@zacktron.com (URL) - Centralized LDraw Resources (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Treacleheads (was Re: Sticking it to Todd (was Re: Clones Database))
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(...) Thank you Matthew. And because I've had two hours sleep in about forty I'll just point out that 1. fast and red are in fact adjectives, hence the first example, and 2. Coke is a trademark and a proper noun (like LEGO) hence the second example. (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Let's see, what will the country be like if Gore wins... hmmm.... OK, what will it be like if Bush wins... hmmm.... Oh, heck. I'm heading for Australia *now*, to beat the rush. Steve (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) No it's not. Although there is some difference between Gore and Bush, they're both corporatists, they both want to increase military spending, they both support the death penalty, etc., etc., etc. A vote for Nader is *not* chosing the lesser (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Fair enough, but you must agree that because of that circular reasoning the argument won't convince anyone who doesn't already agree with it. (...) I understand and accept that, but many people identify LEGO as a singular noun in that usage, (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Treacleheads (was Re: Sticking it to Todd (was Re: Clones Database))
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(...) It's wrong, but not for that reason. It's wrong because it's an adjective, and adjectives don't really have plurals. But in popular usuage, it's a noun, and there's no reason for it to not have a regular plural. And people do say "I drank a (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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