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[Wilson Gray]

Hmm. Nobody ever proposed it to me that way, before. A brilliant suggestion!

-Wilson

On 7/20/07, Beverly Flanigan <flanigan at ohio.edu> wrote:
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> At 04:32 PM 7/19/2007, you wrote:
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> >Aw, Bev. It's not a fight! It's just that some people are
> >psychologically driven to have the last word.
> >
> >Once, I was in a conversation that went something like this.
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> >A. "You're right."
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> >B. "I *know* I'm right."
> >
> >A. "I *said* that you were right!"
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> >B. "I don't need you to tell me that I'm right!"
> >
> >A. "Well, you're right about that, too!"
> >
> >Etc., etc., etc.
> >
> >Two people fighting for the last word are like two assholes trying to
> >jump through each other.
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> >I'm aware that I'm a last-worder and I try to avoid slipping into that
> >mode, but I'm not always successful.
> >
> >FWIW, I use Northern-BE "UM-brella," corrected from Southern-BE
> >"UM-ba-rella." I've never heard "DIS-patch" in the wild, I don't
> >think.
> >
> >BTW, Beverly, if you want the last word, you have it. :-)
> >
> >-Wilson
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> No, no, let's share it!
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