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To: Amerigomag
Apologies if I added to any confusion. How about we leave out emigrado and go back to the quote in the original English version of the letter?
However, if you are here illegally, or are just a resident with a green-card, you should be advised that voting at any federal election is a crime...

68 posted on 10/24/2006 9:34:07 PM PDT by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
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To: calcowgirl
No. emigrado is fine. The first challege appears to convince many forum members that there is a word in English, emigrant, which has little to do with another English word; immigrant.

Then our audience needs to understand that 1) words have meanings, 2) those who control the meanings, control the debate, 3) dictionaries historically reflect current usage, 4) on line dictionaries represent very current usage, 5) on line dictionaries are used to shape public perceptions because they can be changed instantly and still appear credible and 6) meanings of words, as standards for debate resolution, are generally better from a printed dictionary, at least 25 years out of date. 50 years is optimal.

70 posted on 10/24/2006 9:55:58 PM PDT by Amerigomag
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