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

[Alison Murie]

On Apr 8, 2009, at 8:04 PM, Arnold Zwicky wrote:

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> On Apr 8, 2009, at 4:43 PM, John Baker followed up on the query as to
> whether "The Princess Bride" is the source of this quote.
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> of course the movie wasn't the *source* of the quote.  it's a
> perfectly ordinary sentence of english.
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> what the movie did was make it into catchphrase.
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> arnold
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Whew! I am *so* glad you said that!
AM

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