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To: Rambi who wrote (16527)	1/16/1999 12:52:00 AM
From: Michael Sphar	Respond to of 71178

<< These idioms provide charm and versatility to our language; they are little idiosyncrasies that delight by their rhythmic, euphonious presence in our sentences. >> Ah the euphonic pleasure, in Singapore where the locals dub their form of the language, Singlish, they add the la suffix to phrases and words for its soothing rythmic quality, you see la ? Allow me to demonstrate la with your words: << I'm so glad you asked that question, my dear Thomas la. Of course the reason la you asked it, transparent to me la, is not because you la are more comfortable with the idea la of appearing ignorant, but la because you wanted to call attention to the fact la that la I used what appeared la to be a rather redundant la and probably oxymoronic phrase la and you were so excited la about pointing it out la you couldn't wait to call everyone's attention to it la and embarrass me la. HOWEVER, in your customary haste to humiliate la, you failed la once again to consider the incredible breadth and depth la of my knowledge, my awesome ability to recall arcane la and useless scraps la of grammatical trivia, and my amazing talent for mythomania or bullshit la. >> Perhaps I overdid it a bit la, but you get the point la.