annual list of words to be proscribed
Wilson Gray
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Mon Dec 31 21:56:59 UTC 2012
On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 4:21 PM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> And why the hell not? We've got too many words already:
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> http://news.yahoo.com/list-no-love-fiscal-cliff-spoiler-alert-092339244.html
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> I would add all pronouns to the list. Make people use the brains God gave
> 'em.
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> JL
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Why hasn't "job-doer" been created to counterbalance the
entirely-facetious "job-creator"?
Well, as someone has noted,
"At the end of the day, it is what it is."
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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
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