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To: zonder who wrote (1532)5/20/2003 12:19:15 PM
From: coug  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 20773
 
Oh, I know ..But I am "nonstandard" like one of my favorite authors.
(just having fun this beautiful spring morning on the eastern slope of the most beautiful Sierras. :) .. )

Check out the quotes link on this url.. I think they are fun..

abbeyweb.net



To: zonder who wrote (1532)5/21/2003 3:18:59 PM
From: Raymond Duray  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 20773
 
zonder,

Re: That's NOT English :-)

Waahl naw, b'fer ya git all up in a snitfit of supercilious condescension on whut consteetoots propa Anglish, yew relly owght to kensider how ridiculoosly rigid English in Ammerica has become in 200 yers.

For instence, considur this jurnal entry from the Lewis & Clark Expeditishun:

lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu

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The exquisite corpse of the Corps of Discovery proves beyond the shadow of a doubt that the best that can be said about the modern practice of English in America is that it has been homogenized to the point of putrefaction and bottled to boredom.

Thetz mhy storie, 'n Ihm stickin' to wit.