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From: ag5@pucc-k (I'm so happy)
Newsgroups: net.singles,net.social
Subject: Re: new disabbreviation for SO
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Date: Wed, 20-Feb-85 20:48:07 EST
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<<Short quote in this item.>>

>What is wrong with using plain English?  Instead of some crytic,
>psuedo-intellectual, lower-middle-class euphemism, just say "lover."
>The word "lover" accurately implies that the relationship is romantic,
>without necessarily implying that the relationship has been sexually
>consummated.

	I don't think so ... Just this afternoon I described a situation
to someone who explicitly understood "lover" to mean that there was
sexual activity occurring . . .  And I ensured that nothing I said 
indicated this  . . . <in this case, it happened to be a gay couple.>

	I have found that SO works just fine for me.  Why fix it if
it ain't broke?  :-)

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