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Hi Molly,
An interesting point. Can you give instances of this:
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| Well I'm not so geekish as to save/collect such instances, Alan, but you doubt it happens? |
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Hi,
No doubt expressed and I take your point about being geekish but I just wanted a sort of general comment.
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| #6 (permalink) Thu Apr 03, 2008 11:08 am Bettering the Bard? |
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| But it clearly influences language geeks with apparent problems of idiom conflation :shock: |
¿Que? :? |
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| #7 (permalink) Thu Apr 03, 2008 14:19 pm Bettering the Bard? |
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Shall I compare thee to a Summer's Eve? Though art wonderfully cooling and cleansing.
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Shall I compare thee to a Summer's Eve? Though art wonderfully cooling and cleansing.
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Guinness? :lol: |
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hehe
...the feminine cleansing product. (in case anyone didn't get that)
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| ...the feminine cleansing product. (in case anyone didn't get that) |
Does a "feminine cleansing product" cleanse one of all femininity, or is it just for getting rid of the women in your life? |
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lol
if the woman in my life saw my post, she'd probably kick my ass
"That is NOT FUNNY, JERK!"
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it's like when I went to see American Pie in a theater... two male pals and the sister of one attended it with me.
Of course we were laughing constantly, and in some instances the comedy in the film offended the sister and she'd be like, "Shut up, you guys, that is not funny!"
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moral of the story:
What's funny to one person might be offensive to another.
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