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[Doug Harris]

And the next displaysense release was identified thusly:

Displaysense to launch mannequin with a big booty
Displaysense, the UK's leading supplier of display cases and retail display
products have announced that they are to develop a new type of mannequin
with a larger rear end to meet the demands in the clothing industry and to
help promote the image that big is beautiful.
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Or, big is bootyful, innit?

dh


       Claims that young people are inarticulate have been around for
> awhile.  I suspect that, while these claims doubtless are overstated,
> there is something to them; I certainly think that I'm more articulate now
> than I was 30 years ago.  I've reproduced below a recent press release,
>
http://www.displaysense.co.uk/press-releases/43/lost-in-translation---the-un
usual-tale-of-a-taxi-and-a-displaysense-display-cabinet,
> which would certainly support the view that its 19-year-old protagonist
> should strive to be more articulate.  Frankly, I have some skepticism
> about the story, even though it was an official press release from a large
> UK retailer and was picked up by several newspapers.  The newspaper
> accounts generally used the more common spelling, "innit."

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