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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Urban Legends - how to grow one #111377 09/02/03 05:37 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland imho, the reason for the persistence of this type of story ist their usefulness as "contrast foils" (complete with "authoritative source") for people who want to put forward an opposing argument. I could even imagine there being a word for this rhetorical ploy...? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Urban Legends - how to grow one sjmaxq 09/01/03 08:51 PM Re: Urban Legends - how to grow one Buffalo Shrdlu 09/01/03 09:21 PM Re: Urban Legends - how to grow one wsieber 09/02/03 05:37 AM Re: Urban Legends - how to grow one sjmaxq 09/02/03 08:04 AM Re: Urban Legends - how to grow one TheFallibleFiend 09/02/03 08:58 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,993 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 1,121 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 16 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,957 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,955 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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