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| | | (...) Check out what The American Heritage® Book of English Usage, A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English has to say about this subject: (URL) Main main@appstate.edu (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | Re: NOT the Queen's English (was re: Lugnet Guide a lot less convenient today) —Maggie Cambron
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| | | | (...) Okay, they have a good argument, but I must say that I've heard the phrase uttered by a lot of people on whom (IMHO) sarcasm is wasted anyway, so that explanation is a bit of a stretch for me. Hey, and remember that song from long ago "Too (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: NOT the Queen's English (was re: Lugnet Guide a lot less convenient today) —Dave Schuler
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| | | | (...) Billy Squier. Dave! (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: NOT the Queen's English (was re: Lugnet Guide a lot less convenient today) —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | (...) D'oh! If you look closely, you'll see that I'm an idiot. I meant Styx. Of course, if it were Lethe I would have an excuse for forgetting... Dave! (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | Re: NOT the Queen's English (was re: Lugnet Guide a lot less convenient today) —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | | (...) Yep. Billy had that highly forgettable hit "The Stroke" (great rockin guitar riff though). ROSCO (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: NOT the Queen's English (was re: Lugnet Guide a lot less convenient today) —Steve Bliss
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| | | | (...) Styx. Paradise Theater. The full lyrics are here. (...) They don't make much sense, reading literally. Steve (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: NOT the Queen's English (was re: Lugnet Guide a lot less convenient today) —James Brown
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| | | | (...) And the really disturbing thing is that Styx is still touring. My wife saw them in concert about a month ago. (!) James (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: NOT the Queen's English (was re: Lugnet Guide a lot less convenient today) —Steve Bliss
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| | | | (...) Actually, I think that's "again touring", not "still touring". They had split for a long time. Long enough for various members to join/form various other bands, with varying degrees of success. Steve (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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