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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 11:23:10 EST
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- From: General Mills <LIBALP@EMUVM1.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: Just say NO2
- In-Reply-To: Message of Thu,
- 28 Jan 1993 11:07:20 -0500 from <odailey@N2O.MAYO.EDU>
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- On Thu, 28 Jan 1993 11:07:20 -0500 <odailey@N2O.MAYO.EDU> said:
- >The last straw, for me, was the irresponsible and scurrilious
- >casual reference to the anesthetic gas, nitrous oxide, commonly
- >referred to in the popular parlance as "laughing gas".
-
- Language is our friend, and here's why:
- This is an opportunity to ask ourselves a minor semantic question. A minor
- question, yes, but the answer will be instructional. Here's the question:
-
- Is it possible nowadays, to use the words "irresponsible and scurrilious (sic)"
- unironically?
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- Once we know that, we know some other things as well.
-
- gm
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