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  1. Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!think.com!paperboy.osf.org!chantal
  3. From: chantal@osf.org (Chantal Eide)
  4. Subject: dassn't
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov12.214341.165@osf.org>
  6. Sender: news@osf.org (USENET News System)
  7. Organization: Open Software Foundation - Research Institute
  8. Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 21:43:41 GMT
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  11. I heard a very old lady use the word "dassn't."  
  12. "I dassn't miss another day."  Sort of like dare not
  13. or ought not.  Does anyone know something about this
  14. word?  Where it originated?  If it's a contraction?
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  16. Chantal Eide
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  22. Chantal Eide (chantal@osf.org)
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