5,000 workers demand jargon ban

[Wilson Gray]

Interesting article. Now, if only

"I need to ask you a question"

would replace

"May / Can I ask you a question?"

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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain


On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 8:19 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
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