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To: nopardons
Shakespeare had a nice line about nothing being more like a serpant's tooth, like an ungrateful child. :-)

Oh, so you're the one who started the abuse of Shakespeare. Keep it up, and you'll go blind. And take another look at your sentence -- do you insist on shanghaiing Shakespeare on your linguistic misadventures, or are you willing to take responsibility for your own poor English?

"ungrateful adj. without gratitude."

"gratitude n. a feeling of appreciation for a kindness or favor received."

New Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus of the English Language (Danbury, CT: Lexicon, 1992).

In the absence of a prior kindness or favor, one cannot honestly call anyone "ungrateful."

85 posted on 12/17/2002 11:02:05 PM PST by mrustow
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To: mrustow
Yes, I started it and your remarks about your father, engendered it.

It's blantantly obvious, the more your post, that your father hasn't given you enough ( anything ? ) and that is the cause of your bitterness. It doesn't speak particularly well of you, that you feel so free to condemn him, repeatedly here. That's ingratitude, dear. I suppose that now you're going to tell me that you don't owe him any. Has he been that bad a father, or just not forthcoming enough to suit you ?

87 posted on 12/17/2002 11:08:22 PM PST by nopardons
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