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Re: Lugnet Guide a lot less convenient today
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Thu, 8 Mar 2001 21:33:40 GMT
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> 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.
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> ROSCO
I tend to think here in the "colonies" we have naturally evolved the
language, and thankfully so. I cannot imagine eating "Bangers and Mash" or
"Spotted Dick", or even worse smoking a "fag". I will take a little
linguistic laziness anyday.
Scott
Watching the "egg timer" as this posts.
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| (...) Never let it be said that a Strine[1] was adverse to a little "linguistic laziness", but in this case, it actually changes the entire meaning of the sentence. Most people know what is actually meant, but it just doesn't make sense to me, when (...) (23 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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