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Old 04-10-2009, 03:30 PM   #47
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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel View Post
sheesh, i go away for just a few hours and look what happens !! a whole new thread, which i can barely understand.

but if we're complaining about linguistic travesties, i'd like to submit travesty, precisely, which DOES NOT MEAN TRAGEDY !!! (although apparently y'aull knouws that alreaudy).
Now your just getting all "high-browed" on us, Zelda! Travesty/Tragedy it's all in where you emphasize (or is it, emphasise) your syllables. We Americans like to use our words in as many ways as possible. The less words we use, the less words we have to learn to spell correctly!

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