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@izzythepush,

Well, it's gratifying to think that you enjoyed some small measure . . . uhm . . . of something . . .

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@Setanta,

You have to take it where you can find it.

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@Setanta,

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i don't automatically respond to criticism by pointing out that the Americans are worse.

Let the record show that I did not say that Americanisms were worse or better, only that I would not use that word.

But they are silly, you've got to admit. Wink

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Do all other languages suffer from the same kind of resistance to change? Irate citizens of Seoul scolding some people up by the DMZ for using some random speech patterns not used by city people?

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@McTag,

I was referring to the Canajuns when i made that remark.

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@Setanta,

Oh okay, sorry.

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@Joe Nation,

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Do all other languages suffer from the same kind of resistance to change? Irate citizens of Seoul scolding some people up by the DMZ for using some random speech patterns not used by city people?

I'm sure that is so. But we do enjoy ribbing each other.

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All human activities suffer from a resistance to change on the part of those who have already gone to the trouble of learning what someone now proposes to change.

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