[Ads-l] TV dialogue

[Dan Goncharoff]

I expect the use of 'tap' in the business sense of exploiting natural
resources predates any usage you are considering.

On Mar 8, 2018 2:33 AM, "Wilson Gray" <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> a. I'm going to invest $100,000.
> b. Wow!
> a. This place has a lot of potential. I intend to tap that!
> b. That's probably not the way you want to say that.
>
> Talk about your "cultural appropriation"!🤡
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> -Wilson
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> come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
> -Mark Twain
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