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Common Errors in (American)English
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103 Ô¿Ô """""""X Y Zebra-6/10/1999
102 The increasing use of acronyms grows out of the ever-increasing need to completInvestor2-6/10/1999
101 Excellent grub AND interpretation! Peach Peach-6/10/1999
100 Lovely! Elmer Flugum-6/10/1999
99 Oh yes, I forgot this one... AAAAA - American Association Against Acronym AbusX Y Zebra-6/10/1999
98 Perhaps you need to get out more! hehehe Then there is the other Texas one: Elmer Flugum-6/10/1999
97 De-Humanization Through Abbreviation (D.T.A.) Elmer Flugum-6/10/1999
96 I've never heard that expression. Is it a regional expression in Oregon or Peach-6/10/1999
95 <i>TLC</i>, One thing about the English language that confuses me X Y Zebra-6/10/1999
94 Or how about: <i>Dipsop to wallow yer bread in?"</i> Elmer Flugum-6/10/1999
93 Git off'n my back, yew. Oops, I done fergot -- <gggggggggggggggg>jbe-6/10/1999
92 How about a common Texas expression? I'm "fixing" to buy that stPeach-6/10/1999
91 My humor understanding quotient was perhaps blunted by the strength of your defThe Philosopher-6/10/1999
90 Here in the Wild West, the word <i>spendy</i> is used to indicate sElmer Flugum-6/10/1999
89 Still, I'm amazed that you & Lather both seemed (although I am not surejbe-6/10/1999
88 *** "is-is" *** Example: "What it is is....." instead of &Scott Wheeler-6/10/1999
87 For this very reason it is customary to identify intend humor with a <g> The Philosopher-6/10/1999
86 Jesus, Christopher ... Message 10066292 jbe-6/10/1999
85 Regionalisms - I love'm. I spent a year in Pittsburgh where I first heard &Jacques Chitte-6/10/1999
84 <i>Proprietor</i> I don't care about the proprietress issue; mThe Philosopher-6/10/1999
83 In this special case I will cry Havoc and let slip the hyenas of dyslexia. Jacques Chitte-6/10/1999
82 The show Leave It To Beaver started "on account of". Watch an old rerHighTech-6/10/1999
81 And Pittsburgers taking a shaherr (shower).Elmer Flugum-6/10/1999
80 ... if he needed a reason ought he have married? <ducking>Jacques Chitte-6/10/1999
79 Traitor <b>harumph</b>, I I I am a Patriot. Jacques Chitte-6/10/1999
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