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Thread #81351   Message #1488876
Posted By: Amos
20-May-05 - 02:21 AM
Thread Name: BS: Nautical PCness...well blow me down...
Subject: RE: BS: Nautical PCness...well blow me down...
The species is called "man", in common usage. The male gender of the species (a subset) also happens to be called "man". Since when has one word having two definitions been grounds for such a storm in a teacup? Seems to me anyone who couldn't tell the difference is a semi-literate woebegone. Someone who wouldn't know a tale from a tailing, or a software kernel from a corn kernel, or a clamshell in the sea from a clamshell computer, or a conch from a UNIX command interface (both shells), or a generic expletive from a mythic playground for demons (both hells), or embedment from a loveseat (both couches) or a fishing technique from a bridge monster from an anti-social poster (all trolls), or a belling from a highway fee (all tolls).

How ridickle-dockle.

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