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To: JimVT
That's an old expression ..... last time I encountered it was working with some dark green Marines while over in the Gulf.

What's your real worry here? If it were not for English's ability to adapt we'd still be speaking in Old or Middle English which would really suck.

37 posted on 02/10/2003 2:33:19 PM PST by Centurion2000 (Chance favors the prepared mind.)
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To: Centurion2000
>>which would really suck. <<

You mean "which wouldst really sucketh."
81 posted on 02/10/2003 2:51:46 PM PST by freedumb2003
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To: Centurion2000
Mín bæddel. (Yeah, I know the meaning completely changed in the 13th-15th centuries, but I felt like learning some OE today.)
201 posted on 02/10/2003 5:11:06 PM PST by Caesar Soze
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To: Centurion2000
Thou blasphemer! I like Middle English..:)
227 posted on 02/10/2003 6:44:24 PM PST by rwfromkansas (What is the chief end of man? To glorify God and enjoy Him forever. --- Westminster Catechism Q1)
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