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- From: meachem@acsu.buffalo.edu (The Meach)
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- Subject: Re: quite unique
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- Date: 19 Nov 92 14:58:50 GMT
- References: <1992Nov16.192525.27740@bcrka451.bnr.ca> <1e9610INNca6@agate.berkeley.edu> <TSOS.180.722166015@uni-duesseldorf.de>
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- In article <TSOS.180.722166015@uni-duesseldorf.de> TSOS@uni-duesseldorf.de (Detlef Lannert) writes:
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- >I *do* hope that next spring, when the "unique" discussion has calmed
- >down (*) and is almost forgotten, some innocent person new to this group
- >will come up and ask the magic question again. (I even consider to hire
- >someone to do this ...)
- >
- >--
- >(*) "hopefully"
-
- On the other hand, it might be just as entertaining to segue into a civilised
- discussion of the use/abuse of the word "hopefully"! [Hopefully, you don't
- expect *me* to start it!]
-
- --jm
- meachem@acsu.buffalo.edu
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