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  1. Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!auvm!!TOAL
  3. Message-ID: <9301031403.AA18804@rachel.ibmpcug.co.uk>
  4. Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
  5. Date:         Sun, 3 Jan 1993 14:03:46 GMT
  6. Sender:       English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
  7. From:         Graham Toal
  8.               <gtoal%rachel.ibmpcug.co.uk%kate.ibmpcug.co.uk@KATE.IBMPCUG.CO.UK>
  9. Subject: Re: Copacetic
  10. Comments: To: WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu
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  13.         I wouldn't say that it's widely used, but I've never thought of it as
  14.         particularly dated.  It probably shows up in writing more than in speech
  15. .
  16.            --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
  17.  
  18. That's a first on me.  *Written* slang.  <Well I never>.
  19.  
  20. G
  21. PS early sixties.
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