and speaking of English "subjunctives"...

[Jonathan Lighter]

I'm still disgusted by "unpack" ('explain in detail; analyze').  Now you're
telling me there's "repack" ('repackage')?

 JL




On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 12:26 AM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:

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