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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (1745)	1/19/1999 5:50:00 PM
From: Edwarda	Respond to of 4710

Think on it. I've grown so accustomed to it I don't even stop to think. Another old regionalism is contained in this sentence: "It's the truth and that you may tie to"

To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (1745)	1/19/1999 6:01:00 PM
From: Edwarda	Respond to of 4710

A second reply. I've grown so used to hearing the New York expression "standing on line" rather than "in line" that I use it myself. I just heard a company executive on a conference call say "esculate" for "escalate" and has said repeatedly that "____________ was due to _____________ ." Oh, my God, the CFO just spoke of a "subsiderary." Hello? This is Microsoft! Surely, the company afford a course for its high-level personnel in grammar, usage, and pronunciation.