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Re: TLG investigation
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Date: 
Thu, 18 Feb 1999 11:15:22 GMT
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On Wed, 17 Feb 1999 15:10:46 GMT, Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net>
wrote:

Lar also wrote (which attribution he snipped. Naughty Larry.)
Communication was did.

Jasper Janssen wrote:
It could be me, but I don't get it?

That's a saying/shorthand from NITPICK FORUM back in my IBM days...
Here's more detail:

<snip explanation>

Helps?

Immensely. I'd never seen that particular phrase before - and that's
confusing, just as I always do my best to confuse others with my posts
:)

Jasper



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  Re: TLG investigation
 
(...) That's a saying/shorthand from NITPICK FORUM back in my IBM days... Here's more detail: "Communication was did." is ungrammatical. Everyone knows it. But most people can quickly parse out that the statement is saying that some communication (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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