FW: Re: I do not think that word means what you think it means (UNCLASSIFIED)

Wed Apr 8 19:22:07 UTC 2009

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Does the subject phrase ("I do not think that word means what you think
it means") come from the movie "The Princess Bride"?

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On
> > Behalf Of Doug Harris
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 9:14 PM
> > To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> > Subject: Re: I do not think that word means what you think it means
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> > Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> > Poster:       Doug Harris <cats22 at STNY.RR.COM>
> > Subject:      Re: I do not think that word means what you think it
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> > Wonderful!!!
> > dh
> >
> > Prepared and sent with Chaos Software's Intellect mail client.
> > Intellect's contacts and appointments managers also are cool.
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> > ----- Original message ----------------------------------------
> > From: "Mark Mandel" <thnidu at GMAIL.COM>
> > To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> > Received: 4/7/2009 9:21:31 PM
> > Subject: I do not think that word means what you think it means
> >
> >
> > >from a friend's blog:
> >
> > >> "Breaking News: President Obama has made an unscheduled stop in
> > Baghdad."
> > >>
> > >> No, no, dear reporter: "unscheduled" does not mean the same thing
> as
> > "we
> > >weren't about to tell YOU!" Not ever.
> > >>
> > >> This was planned out thoroughly in advance. You were just kept in
> > the dark at all
> > >times. That's what you get for riding the press pool in Air Force
> One.
> > Enjoy the ride.
> >
> > >Mark Mandel
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