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- From: ctdonath@rodan.syr.EDU (Carl T. Donath)
- Subject: Re: Dittoheads
- Message-ID: <CTDONATH.93Jan25111505@rodan.syr.EDU>
- In-reply-to: Wesley Bielinski's message of Fri, 22 Jan 1993 12:07:26 CST
- Organization: Syracuse University
- References: <93022.120727U53734@uicvm.uic.edu>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 11:25:17 EST
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- In article <93022.120727U53734@uicvm.uic.edu> Wesley Bielinski <U53734@uicvm.uic.edu> writes:
-
- I'm new to this group (actually I just found it yesterday). I've been
- listening and watching Rush (as often as I can) since a few weeks
- before the election. I still have not been able to figure out just what
- DITTO's means. Can someone, KINDLY, enlighten me. Thank you.
-
- People who actually get to talk to Rush frequently wish to say many flattering
- and praising things about him ("I listen to your show every day", "It's
- wonderful there's someone standing up for conservatism", "you're my hero",
- etc.etc.etc), and when they do it usually chews up valuable airtime with
- something that has been heard many times before.
-
- To save time, people will start the call by saying "Dittos, Rush" meaning
- that they want to thank him and praise him, but will save time with "ditto"
- and refer him back to the wonderful things others have said.
-
- If they want to be really emphatic about saying wonderful things, and still
- save time, they'll say "Megadittos, Rush".
-
- If they want to be really emphatic _and_ corny, they'll say "Gigadittos,
- Rush" (this is rare).
-
- In recognition of the human tendancy to re-define words as a by-product
- of overuse, I'll quote Websters:
-
- ditto (dit'o) n., pl. -tos. [Dial. Ital. p.part. of Ital. dire, to say <Lat
- dicere.] 1. The same as stated above or before. -Used to avoid repetition
- and indicateed by a pair of small marks (") placed under the original
- printed material. 2. A copy or duplicate. -adv. As before. -vt. -toed,
- -toing, -tos. To duplicate or repeat. -interj. -used to express similarity
- or accord.
-
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