BRITNEY REBUTTAL!!

Fri Dec 8 14:20:20 UTC 2006

Charlie,

Rebuttal is, however, a great pun.

Page Stephens

> [Original Message]
> From: Charles Doyle <cdoyle at UGA.EDU>
> To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Date: 12/8/2006 8:52:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [ADS-L] BRITNEY REBUTTAL!!
>
> Yet so often "refute" is heard (or read) when "rebut" is meant!
>
> --Charlie
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> ---- Original message ----
> >Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 05:23:04 -0800
> >From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM>
> >Subject: BRITNEY REBUTTAL!!
> >To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> >
> >
> >Fox News headlines "Britney's Rebuttal."  Since Ms. Spears's web
statement on Pantygate is an admission of error, it's hardly a "rebuttal";
it's a "response," "reply," or "explanation."
> >
> >  Read it now: http://www.britneyspears.com/
> >
> >  Not the first time I've encountered this usage.
> >
> >  JL
> >
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