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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Or ever.
Those kinds of rants are just emotional venting at best. . . .
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Though I myself am an American, my father was from the UK. I'm not sure which of his verbal mannerisms were regional and which idiosyncratic, but I do know this: he had the habit of using
not just yet to mean
that's not very likely. It's a habit I picked up -- perhaps because of the phrase's tact and playful irony -- without even realizing it until now.
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Realistically, I don't expect anything meaningful to come from either camp. Not now, not ever.
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I reserve judgment on the Authors Alliance until such time as they say or do something specific enough to be judged.