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<div>At 6:46 PM -0500 2/27/01, Duane Campbell wrote:</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>On Tue, 27 Feb 2001 17:51:17 +0800
Laurence Horn <<a
href="mailto:laurence.horn@YALE.EDU">laurence.horn@YALE.EDU</a>>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Palatino"
color="#000000">> a kind of linguistic version of Gresham's
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>OOoooo, that's GOOD! May I use
it? Without attribution?</blockquote>
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<div>feel free; I've been using that line in connection with taboo
avoidance in class for so long I can't even remember if I invented it
or borrowed it from someone else.</div>
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<div>larry</div>
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