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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!crdgw1!rpi!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!pipex!demon!essence.demon.co.uk!prh
  2. From: prh@essence.demon.co.uk ("Peter R. Humphrey")
  3. Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
  4. Subject: Re: Words that are Opposites...
  5. Message-ID: <728201187snx@essence.demon.co.uk>
  6. Date: 27 Jan 93 23:06:27 GMT
  7. References: <3098@eram.esi.COM.AU> <C17z6D.ILD@mach1.wlu.ca> <baron.102.727719580@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
  8. Sender: usenet@demon.co.uk
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  15. In article <3098@eram.esi.COM.AU> dave@eram.esi.COM.AU (Dave Horsfall) writes:
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  17. >"fairly good" (or "quite good") can mean "very good" or "not very good".
  18. >I suppose it comes from the classical British understatement...
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  20. Once upon a time, "quite" meant "completely".  I even find myself using 
  21. it that way from time to time.
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  24. Rgds
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  26. Peter Humphrey  |  prh@essence.demon.co.uk         | Voice 0932-343158
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