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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>If I am showing off, it's certainly prideful, but possibly not a derogation. If you call me a show off, it is. If you say I'm showing off, it probably is.</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> victor steinbok<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tue 3/2/2010 12:49 PM<BR><B>To:</B> ADS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: act out<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>---------------------- Information from the mail header -----------------------<BR>Sender: American Dialect Society <ADS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU><BR>Poster: victor steinbok <aardvark66@GMAIL.COM><BR>Subject: Re: act out<BR>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR><BR>Both are derogations, are they not?<BR><BR>On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 12:03 PM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC<BR><Bill.Mullins@us.army.mil> tried to write:<BR>><BR>> "Show off" is doing something that you would be proud of; "show out" is more or less the same as "act out".<BR><BR>------------------------------------------------------------<BR>The American Dialect Society - <A href="http://www.americandialect.org/" target=_blank>http://www.americandialect.org/</A><BR></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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