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[Mark Mandel]

On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 7:46 PM, Randy Alexander
<strangeguitars at gmail.com>wrote:

>
> I think it's pretty well established that "standard" American English
> (or General American, or Broadcast English, or whatever you want to
> call it) is not very well defined, but that doesn't mean there isn't
> such a thing.
>

I'd prefer. "...that doesn't mean there isn't BELIEF IN such a thing."

Mark Mandel

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