FW: Re: I do not think that word means what you think it means (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Laurence Horn]

At 2:25 PM -0500 4/8/09, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC wrote:
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>Does the subject phrase ("I do not think that word means what you think
>it means") come from the movie "The Princess Bride"?

That would be inconceivable.

LH

>  > > -----Original Message-----
>>  > From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On
>>  > Behalf Of Doug Harris
>>  > Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 9:14 PM
>>  > To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>>  > Subject: Re: I do not think that word means what you think it means
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>>  > Poster:       Doug Harris <cats22 at STNY.RR.COM>
>>  > Subject:      Re: I do not think that word means what you think it
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>>  > Wonderful!!!
>>  > dh
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>>  > ----- Original message ----------------------------------------
>>  > From: "Mark Mandel" <thnidu at GMAIL.COM>
>>  > To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>>  > Received: 4/7/2009 9:21:31 PM
>>  > Subject: I do not think that word means what you think it means
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>>  >
>>  > >from a friend's blog:
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>>  > >> "Breaking News: President Obama has made an unscheduled stop in
>>  > Baghdad."
>>  > >>
>>  > >> No, no, dear reporter: "unscheduled" does not mean the same thing
>>  as
>>  > "we
>>  > >weren't about to tell YOU!" Not ever.
>>  > >>
>>  > >> This was planned out thoroughly in advance. You were just kept in
>>  > the dark at all
>>  > >times. That's what you get for riding the press pool in Air Force
>>  One.
>>  > Enjoy the ride.
>>  >
>>  > >Mark Mandel
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