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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!uknet!edcastle!wex
  2. From: wex@castle.ed.ac.uk (John Wexler)
  3. Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
  4. Subject: Re: dassn't
  5. Message-ID: <28349@castle.ed.ac.uk>
  6. Date: 18 Nov 92 15:30:04 GMT
  7. References: <1992Nov14.190523.16065@rose.com> <1992Nov15.183505.3151@microsoft.com>
  8. Sender: nntpusr@castle.ed.ac.uk
  9. Organization: Edinburgh University Computing Service
  10. Lines: 4
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  12. I hazard a guess that "dassn't" is closely related to "dursn't", from
  13. "durst not".
  14.  
  15.     John Wexler
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