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Posted By: Bingley anything you can do, we can do better - 02/08/02 05:52 AM
http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=975770


Bingley
Posted By: Keiva Re: Author! Author!! - 02/08/02 12:30 PM
Loved the last sentence, Bingle!

Posted By: maverick Re: anything you can do, we can do better - 02/08/02 01:10 PM
I thought the last sentence was just a cheap shot from a hack journalist, but the contents are very interesting, Bingley. We are sure to see this tool being refined for use in corpus linguistics studies over the next few years.

and hey, we could even use it around here to compare Dickens' Great Ekspectorations with, say legal quibbling found in other minor works...

Posted By: Keiva Re: anything you can do, we can do better - 02/08/02 08:01 PM
>> Great EKspectorations ... legal quibbling

Let's not get personal here, mav.
Note the titular line.


Spector was a record producer ...

Spector was a record producer ...

... and a philatelist, too, as I recall?

... and a philatelist, too, as I recall?

Sorry, don't know anything about his medical problems ...

Posted By: wwh Re: anything you can do, we can do better - 02/09/02 01:19 AM
Spunds as though battle lines are being drawn. Names being mocked. Bad form.

We're talking about a different Spector, Bill. One Phil, as it happens. Do try to keep up!

Posted By: Keiva Re: anything you can do, we can do better - 02/09/02 12:59 PM
Indeed, you were, Kiwi. You were talking about P.Spector, not K.Spector.
But dr. bill is quite right: others specified K.Spector. Count 6 and 7 posts above.

Keiva [real-life name Kenneth Spector; real-life profession attorney]

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