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Re: Lugnet Guide a lot less convenient today
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Date: 
Thu, 8 Mar 2001 16:53:50 GMT
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Ross Crawford at rcrawford@csi.com wrote:

Aaarrrgh!! I don't know who decided "couldn't" should be shortened to "could"
but it seems to have caught on.

I suppose it's possible that you could care less - but I bet you meant you
couldn't care less. Not that I have anything against yan^H^H^H americans, but
you seem to quite regularly do awful things like this to the language.

That's a lovely sweeping generalization you have there.

However, I do share your complaint.

One of my LEGO-related complaints has to do with the fact that people say
"Technique" when they mean "Technic."

"Technique"  = (tek-neek)

"Technic" = (tek-nik)

Thanks for your attention.

:^)

~Grand Admiral Muffin Head
--
Mark's Lego(R) Creations
http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego



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(...) Word. And don't get me started on people who mispronounce "Futuron." Pedants of the world, unite and take over! Coby (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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(...) Aaarrrgh!! I don't know who decided "couldn't" should be shortened to "could" but it seems to have caught on. I suppose it's possible that you could care less - but I bet you meant you couldn't care less. Not that I have anything against (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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