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mazda #195958 01/11/11 10:41 PM
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Here's the figures from English fiction.

Faldage #195977 01/12/11 07:49 AM
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Interesting...so it's going up again now then? I thought we may have won that one!


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bexter #195989 01/12/11 12:12 PM
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My point is that "ATM machine" has been scoring zero since the beginning. Hardly counts as a win if the opponent doesn't even show up. But if you want to fight against this one maybe it'll keep you too busy to fight some of the others that don't need fighting against.

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"Self autonomy" is a personal pet hate...I shall henseforth abandon my crusade against ATM machine and move onto more annoying ones...;)


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bexter #196016 01/12/11 02:19 PM
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One more on ATM's
CNN reports today that they are dirtier than public
restrooms. Just for the record.


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LukeJavan8 #196020 01/12/11 02:23 PM
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And a sponge is dirtier than a toilet...as are keyboards...Everything is dirtier than a toilet!


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bexter #196031 01/12/11 02:45 PM
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Just my two bits on ATM machines (ha)


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bexter #196077 01/13/11 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted By: bexter
"Self autonomy" is a personal pet hate...I shall henseforth abandon my crusade against ATM machine and move onto more annoying ones...;)


Self autonomy?! OK, so it does get tens of thousands of google hits, but really, "self autonomy"?! It makes "ATM machine" look like "the".

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Ah but it is a political term that is unlikely to appear in any of the political books because they know that autonomy doesn't need the self in front of it...it is normal non-political-ideological people who put the self in front. Hence it not being found in books...

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bexter #196107 01/13/11 04:06 PM
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many of these hits are false (see commas, colons, etc.); but still, it is being found in books: self-autonomy in books

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