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Hi Bill
I don't think of Troy wanted to discourage anybody from posting the questions.
It's just that if somebody posts a question we've all discussed before, they may not get any responses, so telling them we've already talked about it would explain why.
Sometimes new people are a little hurt when their questions get few, or no answers at all (everybody's a little timid when they're starting out) so knowing this will make them feel better I'm sure.
And if the subject really is of interest to them they'll pop on back and look for it.
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connie is so much nicer than i am! thanks for the links.
and Dear Dr Bill, i didn't want to end the discussion, but there was a fun lively thread about kitty corner (and this thread didn't seem to be taking the same course!) filled with puns and silliness. and it was ages ago. it's a good read, even if we all continue here with a new discussion.
Jr. wheatgerm could look it up (as Consuelo did) or she could let it drop. if she found something she wanted to share, she could make a link...
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F'babe said: it would either generate some interesting discussion or provide Pfranz an opportunity to pick on Bill, one. I only resurrect this post on behalf of our (presumptive) interest in words and grammar: I'd always thought this construction was Southern (US) only, yet here is a Yankee girl using it! 
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Maybe this Yankee girl learned it from y'all. 
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Maybe this Yankee girl learned it from y'all.
Nah, I used kittycorner way back when I thought The South meant New York and Connecticut!
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We talkin bout either A or B, one.
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it would either generate some interesting discussion or provide Pfranz an opportunity to pick on Bill, one.Naw, I've learned two things, both of which I prolly needed to know. Or not. They are: 1. Bill knows that one red dwarf beats a pair of brown dwarves. Useful in stellar poker games, I'm sure. b) And Bill knows nothing about Red Dwarf!
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either A or B, one
Attuallyİ, the standard form is A, or either B, one or, in its canonical form A, or either that or B, one. Its value is that it is the explicit exclusive OR and thus avoids the ambiguity of the standard OR. (See the old joke, 'did you bring your lunch or take the bus?')
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the explicit exclusive OR
Should that be "the explicitly exclusive OR", Faldage?
Or just "the explicit OR"?
Just askin.
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