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So did Ringo Starr.
Okay Tom, how do you know about that?
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2/23/2007 7:49:54 PM
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Has Thomas been around that long :)
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Illiteracy as pop culture.
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Lee
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2/23/2007 12:23:40 AM
The same bad people are no doubt responsible for Bush's inability...
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alcaray
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2/23/2007 8:54:11 PM
No, that is just a Texas thing.
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REB
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2/23/2007 9:06:25 PM
Texas is in on the conspiracy, then.
(n/t)
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alcaray
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2/23/2007 9:19:46 PM
No, its in our DNA. We just can't help talking that way.
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REB
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2/23/2007 9:50:19 PM
re: Illiteracy as pop culture.
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Robert
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2/23/2007 5:56:31 PM
Renaissance fans of Latin killed it as a spoken language.
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Mary Anne
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2/24/2007 3:32:10 AM
So we should embrace illiteracy and bad grammer?
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Lee
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2/24/2007 5:29:21 AM
You have no understanding of the history of language.
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Mary Anne
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2/24/2007 9:21:16 PM
I think he had a point in writing like that.
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Lee
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2/25/2007 2:33:57 AM
Of course he had a point in writing like that.
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Mary Anne
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2/25/2007 4:42:37 AM
Bad grammAr? What about bad speling?
(n/t)
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LS
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2/24/2007 6:33:31 PM
Yes, it was bad spelLing on my part. ;)
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Lee
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2/24/2007 9:18:08 PM
Let he who has never typoed, cast the first stone.
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Lee
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2/24/2007 9:12:49 PM
re: Let he who has never typoed, cast the first stone.
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Mary Anne
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2/24/2007 9:43:23 PM
And another dumb bigot bites the dust
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R.L.
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2/24/2007 6:55:52 PM
re: Illiteracy as pop culture.
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REB
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2/23/2007 9:05:15 PM
It wasn't a kid that wrote the piece for MSNBC
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Lee
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2/23/2007 9:20:46 PM
Wasn't the person in question a college kid, or just out of college?
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REB
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2/23/2007 9:38:53 PM
I did.
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Lee
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2/23/2007 10:00:45 PM
re: I did.
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REB
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2/23/2007 10:14:04 PM
Slight edit.
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REB
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2/23/2007 9:11:08 PM
Bringing it on! (In a small way)
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McFly
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2/23/2007 7:04:06 PM
re: Illiteracy as pop culture.
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TB
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2/23/2007 6:36:17 PM
"too disturbing and sickening to be funny"
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Buck Galaxy
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2/23/2007 8:43:20 AM
The examples of ignorance that you point to are far less dangerous than the ignorance you exemplify
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Yeti
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2/23/2007 5:57:08 AM
How does this bigot survive in todays world?
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R.L.
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2/23/2007 5:56:09 AM
That should be today's world.
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Lee
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2/24/2007 9:16:46 PM
The dynamic duo rears it's ugly head.
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Lee
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2/23/2007 6:22:49 AM
Lee...
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REB
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2/23/2007 8:50:18 PM
And why is that?
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Lee
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2/23/2007 9:28:23 PM
Because he asked that it not be used any more.
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REB
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2/23/2007 9:34:54 PM
This is the best you can do?
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Yeti
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2/23/2007 6:34:53 AM
The best I can do???
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Lee
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2/23/2007 6:50:54 AM
Oh, if you were not a base bigot, I'd say: 'awww, how cute'
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Yeti
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2/23/2007 8:09:27 PM
Yes you can tell who's winning and losing an argument...
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Lee
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2/23/2007 9:33:08 PM
You mean names like the 'N' word?
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Yeti
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2/23/2007 10:22:06 PM
It's what they use to describe themselves.
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Lee
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2/23/2007 10:47:44 PM
If you want to talk about English, talk about English.
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Mary Anne
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2/23/2007 4:15:46 PM
And yes, I know...It should be its, not it's.
(n/t)
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Lee
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2/23/2007 6:30:29 AM
ER's right, Lee
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McFly
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2/23/2007 2:50:52 AM
BTW, Maybe you should've said "ER right, Lee"
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Lee
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2/23/2007 3:06:07 AM
So illiteracy as the norm is fine by you?
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Lee
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2/23/2007 3:03:13 AM
No, of course not
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McFly
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2/23/2007 3:38:52 PM
Lee...
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Martha
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2/23/2007 4:37:04 AM
That's always been Lee's problem...
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alcaray
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2/23/2007 5:11:49 PM
LOL!
(n/t)
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R.L.
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2/23/2007 5:13:08 PM
Must be the George Carlin in me
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Lee
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2/23/2007 4:59:22 AM
Carlin is brilliant and funny
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R.L.
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2/23/2007 4:56:43 PM
His role on Thomas the Train is probably your favorite.
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Lee
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2/23/2007 5:39:35 PM
Okay Lee, why do you know about that?
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REB
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2/23/2007 5:44:08 PM
Too much channel surfing.
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Lee
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2/23/2007 6:10:52 PM
Alec Baldwin was the magic conductor
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REB
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2/23/2007 6:17:50 PM
Carlin played the Magic Conductor as well.
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Lee
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2/23/2007 6:20:37 PM
So did Ringo Starr.
(n/t)
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TB
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2/23/2007 7:45:11 PM
Atouk zugzug Thomas.
(n/t)
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Lee
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2/23/2007 7:56:18 PM
Okay Tom, how do you know about that?
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REB
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2/23/2007 7:49:54 PM
I have kids.
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TB
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2/23/2007 8:15:06 PM
Just admit it, you like watching the show.
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REB
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2/23/2007 8:20:25 PM
What kind of pop culture do you prefer?
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ER
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2/23/2007 1:33:00 AM
Just as bad
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Lee
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2/23/2007 2:36:18 AM
The cultural problems you bring up
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TB
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2/23/2007 3:04:56 AM
re: The cultural problems you bring up
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REB
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2/23/2007 3:15:25 PM
Please note the word he used to define the problems in his opening post:
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Mary Anne
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2/23/2007 3:58:18 PM
Where do you think the reporter in question got that phrase?
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Lee
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2/23/2007 5:54:57 PM
Sometimes headlines are abbreviated for the sake of space.
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Mary Anne
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2/24/2007 1:30:01 AM
Two different stories concerning the same subject.
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Lee
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2/24/2007 2:39:54 AM
Two different stories.
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Mary Anne
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2/24/2007 4:27:27 AM
You got me on several points...
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Lee
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2/24/2007 5:38:22 AM
I am not mistaken on any of them.
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Mary Anne
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2/24/2007 9:35:56 PM
You were mistaken
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Lee
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2/25/2007 2:37:32 AM
The song has virtually nothing to do with the Smith case.
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Mary Anne
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2/25/2007 5:15:52 AM
Guess we see it differently.
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Lee
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2/25/2007 7:35:27 AM
"...being written *as* they were."
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Mary Anne
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2/25/2007 3:36:22 PM
re: Please note the word he used to define the problems in his opening post:
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REB
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2/23/2007 4:19:28 PM
To be more specific
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Lee
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2/23/2007 3:16:38 AM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.