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Subject:Re: Proper use of the language From:Buck & Tilly Buchanan <writer -at- WF -dot- NET> Date:Fri, 19 Sep 1997 06:05:15 -0500
> I am really surprised to listen to 'so-called' professionals argue
> over the use of words which have been laboured (that how we spell it
> north of the 49th parallel) with negative connotations taken totally
> out of context. Ooops, laboured likely ticked somebody off!! Oh
> well.
I'm not sure you realize that the entire Slave/Master thread is a
tongue-in-cheek protest against the hypersensitive.
It will continue until Eric puts a stop to it, then some other
irreverent thread will begin. It's part of what makes
TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU interesting.
The really disgusting threads are things like *one or two spaces after
full stop* and *do I say click or click on?* Oh well.
There's little to publicly laugh at in this Politically Correct
atmosphere, so we *so-called professionals* laugh at things that are
un-funny to some.
If you don't find it funny, highlight and click delete.
--
Buck Buchanan
writer -at- wf -dot- net
Sunset, TX
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