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To: Tax-chick
I just noticed that "You be cool" can be construed two ways grammatically:

You (pronoun of address) be (imperative verb of being) cool (at a comfortably mild temperature)

~or~

You (Pronoun subject) be (used, incorrectly, as the 2nd person present indicative) cool (oh, with an admirable serene personal style.)

And it doesn't avoid the ambiguity to say, "You be chillin'."

You an' all your chillen...

2,318 posted on 04/25/2009 5:34:24 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (The Duchess of Muchness.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o; Tax-chick

Good ... good ...

Um, what are you drinking?

..

You know, just askin’.


2,319 posted on 04/25/2009 6:43:54 PM PDT by NicknamedBob (Panicked at seeing Scarecrow twitching and shaking, Dorothy unplugs the teleprompter. "Uh, um, er .")
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