coulda woulda shouda part II

Tom Zurinskas truespel at HOTMAIL.COM
Thu Mar 7 23:12:45 UTC 2013


Interestingly, would've and would of are phonetically the same.


Tom Zurinskas, Conn 20 yrs, Tenn 3, NJ 33, now Fl 9.
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> Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 07:30:14 -0500
> From: wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
> Subject: Re: coulda woulda shouda part II
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> > Sigh.
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> Wait till you start reading, "If the robber would of had a gun."
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> JL
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> On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 6:54 AM, David A. Daniel <dad at pokerwiz.com> wrote:
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> > Just heard Wolf Blitzer say (talking about a shop clerk foiling a robbery):
> > "If the robber would've had a gun..." I guess that's a pretty good
> > indication of its mainstreamishness. Sigh.
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