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- From: gmw1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Gabe M Wiener)
- Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
- Subject: Re: Take a shave
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.143327.23947@news.columbia.edu>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 14:33:27 GMT
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- In article <1e8af3INNcuv@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> ai118@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Rich Zidonis) writes:
- >
- >In the morning, I will go and shave (unless it's Saturday). My
- >father-in-law, on the other hand, will be heard saying, "I think
- >I will go and take a shave."
- >
- >I will go and take a shower, or I will shower, but to take a shave?
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- I for one will "take a shower," and I will "shave," but I will never
- "take a shave." I also won't "take a haircut" or "take a meeting,"
- other expressions heard every so often...
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