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Re: sturdy old apple
- Subject: Re: sturdy old apple
- From: mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)
- Date: 27 Jul 2004 19:55:00 GMT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
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Gregory L. Hansen wrote:
<snip cogent reply>
>The Onion had a
>satirical article about the "Very Special Forces", but the Green Berets
>in real life sometimes have to put up with dumb jokes about the word
>"Special" in "Special Forces". When you change the way a word is used
>you change its meaning, and that's how words wear out, and sometimes
>turn into slurs or jokes.
As in: "Well, isn't _that_ special?"
-michael
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