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- From: kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov ( Scott Dorsey)
- Subject: Re: words words words (was Homophobia)
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- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 14:16:31 GMT
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- In article <nuupd5g@fido.asd.sgi.com> cj@eno.corp.sgi.com (C J Silverio) writes:
- >
- >rpwhite is right-- by refusing to use the UGLY ones, and using
- >the handy cute ones, we can shape the language as we like.
- >"T*m*fr*m*" is a hideous word. It is managerspeak. It forces
- >the speaker to ADD needless words, instead of omitting them.
- >Compare "in the March t*m*fr*m*" with "in March". I say we
- >throw it back into the roiling polluted swamp that is our
- >culture, and wait until it mutates more acceptably.
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- Attribution, please!
- --scott
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