[Ads-l] famous or infamous?

[Nancy Friedman]

Maybe it's the "Three Amigos" definition of "infamous."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkHWx4JjKuM


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On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 10:45 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Paradigm case.
>
> Yahoo News:
>
> "Fort Lee is named for Gen. Robert E. Lee, the infamous Confederate
> commander."
>
> It would have been easier (and less condescending to everybody) just to
> leave out the value judgment (if that's what is).
>
> JL
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> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
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