the world

[Wilson Gray]

On Sep 29, 2004, at 8:21 PM, Bethany K. Dumas wrote:

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>> Irregardless, ...
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> Is joke? Or new topic?
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> Bethany
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Nope. Just kidding. I was reminiscing about locutions that were
formerly considered to be of serious import, but which now are mere
dust in the wind, to coin a phrase. BTW, are you old enough to remember
"Winston's taste good, like a cigarette should!" and the accompanying
prescriptivist brouhaha? If an ad agency came up with that slogan
today, it would read, "Winstons taste good, how a cigarette should!"

-Wilson