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Date:         Wed, 2 Apr 2008 15:14:53 -0700
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: language
Comments: To: Mike S <mikes@flatsurface.com>
In-Reply-To:  <20080402215608.CC6951165C3@hamburg.alientech.net>
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And where would you classify "dudn't" ?

On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 2:56 PM, Mike S <mikes@flatsurface.com> wrote:

> At 05:33 PM 4/2/2008, Scott Daniel - Shazam wrote... > >I'm sure NOT a conservative ! I find them terminally boring. > >...an f word or two, used well <sic>... > >We don't consider it dirty at all, but more connecting and expressive > > "Expressive?" Maybe for people of limited vocabulary, who seem to use > it whenever they don't have any other word to use. Dirty? Not usually. > Vulgar, crude, coarse, common, unrefined, boorish; always. I suppose > speech disfluencies ("um..," "uh...," "err...") could also be > considered "expressive" in the same way. >

-- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" Crescent Beach, BC www.crescentbeachguitar.com http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27


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