Re: Numbers are precise; words are not

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Tom Brosz — 1/30/2002 1:45:28 PM (archived)

Maybe you can't nail words down to five decimal places, but most of them occupy a fixed area or territory that is easily identifiable. As one example, you could probably not find anywhere that speaks English where the term "shithead" would be taken as a compliment.

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I just love this stuff. - FrankC - 1/29/2002 6:11:05 PM
- A vast liberal conspiracy - Splinx - 1/30/2002 4:34:05 PM
  - Bias can be easily observed... - Larry J - 1/30/2002 7:19:42 PM
    - But only in the eye of the observer - Splinx - 1/30/2002 8:11:12 PM
      - Re: But only in the eye of the observer - Tom Brosz - 1/30/2002 10:29:19 AM
        
        Them horseapples - Splinx - 1/30/2002 12:41:27 PM
        
        Numbers are precise; words are not - Splinx - 1/30/2002 11:54:28 AM
        
        Re: Numbers are precise; words are not - Tom Brosz - 1/30/2002 1:45:28 PM
        
        More on words, including... - Splinx - 1/30/2002 6:59:19 PM
        
        A final word - Splinx - 1/30/2002 7:08:18 PM
        
        Liberal then and now - Tom Brosz - 1/31/2002 10:41:26 AM
        
        10 cents, really? - SDG - 1/30/2002 10:51:48 AM
        
        I saved up all week for that one... (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/30/2002 1:43:46 PM
  - Aw, come on... - Tom Brosz - 1/30/2002 5:24:29 PM
    - Ambiguity and Equivocation - Splinx - 1/30/2002 6:21:20 PM
      - P.S. - Tom Brosz - 1/30/2002 7:30:44 PM
      - Re: Ambiguity and Equivocation - Tom Brosz - 1/30/2002 7:27:59 PM
  - I agree from a political standpoint - FrankC - 1/30/2002 5:12:07 PM
- Mixing metaphors - Mary Anne - 1/30/2002 1:34:47 PM
  - Upton Sinclair - FrankC - 1/30/2002 5:42:03 PM

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