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From: dianeh@ism780c.UUCP (Diane Holt)
Newsgroups: soc.misc
Subject: Re: Re: Down with engineerlish!
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Date: Thu, 2-Oct-86 12:10:12 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct  2 12:10:12 1986
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Reply-To: dianeh@ism780c.UUCP (Diane Holt)
Organization: Interactive Systems Corp., Santa Monica, CA
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In article <332@cdx39.UUCP> jc@cdx39.UUCP (John Chambers) writes:
>Probably the definitive statement on the use [usage/utilization] of
>English was in the musical My Fair Lady:
>
>	Why, in America, they haven't spoken it [English] in years.

My favorite has always been:

"And this thing you call 'language' -- you depend on it for so much, but are
 any of you really its master?"

Diane Holt
Interactive Systems Corp.
Santa Monica, CA
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