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To: allend; dadwags
I liked dadwags defense from ebonics better.
1,187 posted on 10/19/2001 7:58:03 AM PDT by the808bass
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To: the808bass
#1186,87,etc.
One more example. A few years ago, my son was in college and had a roommate from Afghanistan . we had him over for dinner one evening and he was telling us about people in his village . He kept mentioning his "sister" and very much later in the story we learned that the sister was not his mother's or father's daughter, but another relative who lived in the same village . This doesn't prove anything . It just shows that in other cultures, brother and sister can refer to other relatives .
Let's just get on to another subject, like, maybe, do you think the braves can make it to the WS this year ?
1,279 posted on 10/19/2001 11:10:16 AM PDT by dadwags
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