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Thread #71422 Message #1227446
Posted By: Once Famous
16-Jul-04 - 11:25 PM
Thread Name: BS: The end of the world is nigh.
Subject: RE: BS: The end of the world is nigh.
Like, uh, wasn't me. But I couldn't have said it better. Maybe you have some other fans, Don. A lot here hide behind Guest postings. I don't. It's more fun to be bluntly honest with you.
As for Chicago, 8 million people can't be wrong. After all, we have Da Bears, da Bulls and our beloved Mayor Daley.
It is really a stupid, OUTFATED old English word, though and very, very WASPish. People don't use it in normal conversation, especially people who don't walk around quoting dictionaries, or Bible spouting wannabes.