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Apr 21 12 4:49 PM
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"Republican" doesn't actually mean to "publican" again; the way "renew" means to "new" again. _ Sear
b) In English we refer to "the Ayatollah". This because as you know, Ayatollah is a title, not a name.- Sear
I've heard irritable Arabs say such things as "death to the Bush", meaning wishing a premature demise to our U.S. president. It seems they do this because they assume "Bush" is a title, and not a name. Or, they simply follow the convention of their culture; not having learned English sufficiently. No insult intended. I'm sure they speak English better than I speak Arabic. - Sear.
It's all very well to run around saying regulation is bad, get the government off our backs, etc. Of course our lives are regulated. When you come to a stop sign, you stop; if you want to go fishing, you get a license; if you want to shoot ducks, you can shoot only three ducks. The alternative is dead bodies at the intersection, no fish, and no ducks. OK?Molly Ivins -1944 - 2007
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