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- Great Grand Panjandrum
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Ah, well at least I now understand how one can be "upon" one's 'petard.'It's a little pun game we used to play on another site.
Pet + retard= petard.
I've seen better, beck. Actually, I haven't seen one this bad in a long time.
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- Great Grand Panjandrum
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Here here! Your absolutely rite, Beck. An its a dam shame, to. Language at it's worst
Somewhere else I already noted, there's a road sign using the local word for you-plural, spelled "ya'al" ...on both sides of the sign.
I noticed one particular Whole Foods sign actually read "10 items or fewer", and noted my approval to the cashier. She looked at me like I was an ink stain.
I still blame Miller Beer for if not originating, at least exacerbating the misuse of less and fewer.
Did you ask for a "half dozen" and she said they only
have 3,6,9,or 12 of anything, like the story that
floats everywhere today??
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- Great Grand Panjandrum
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Like "y'all" in caroliner? What is your particularIf a shibboleth, by one definition, is a commonplace word or phrase that can identify one's cultural identity , then it's somewhat synonymous with an old saw, which can kill you--especially if it's a rusty old saw.
shibboleth? That might be an interesting topic.
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- Grand Panjandrum
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Dig this guy...... perhaps we could dig up some of the folks who couldn't say shibboleth correctly.
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- Great Grand Panjandrum
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I think the traditional meaning of "shibboleth" went beyond word or phrase, to include such things as images and objects, as well. The fish symbol, for example, was used as a shibboleth for early Christians and has been, er, resurrected as a shibbolethic bumper sticker in the last few decades.
I have always had the sense that it was a bit secretive, as well. A frat boy displays his Greek letters, which to my thinking are not a shibboleth. There are shibboleths for the fraternity, as well, and they are not made public.
I have always had the sense that it was a bit secretive, as well. A frat boy displays his Greek letters, which to my thinking are not a shibboleth. There are shibboleths for the fraternity, as well, and they are not made public.
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