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Re: Suppurate - 02/01/08 Porcupine #173060 02/01/2008 3:41 PM
Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803	Originally Posted By: Porcupine Can any one explain to me why the sight of 'Express Lane - 10 Items or Less' might elicit feelings of wincing despair and superiority in a linguaphile? As for the wincing despair I, too, am baffled. The misplaced feeling of superiority might be easier to explain, but why they would accept "more" with both counted units and measured units is beyond me. What this has to do with national motel chains also baffles me.

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Suppurate - 02/01/08	Porcupine	02/01/2008 2:17 PM
Re: Suppurate - 02/01/08	Alex Williams	02/01/2008 2:40 PM
Re: Suppurate - 02/01/08	Faldage	02/01/2008 3:41 PM
Re: Suppurate - 02/01/08	tsuwm	02/01/2008 4:02 PM
Re: at last, all too well, I can see	zmjezhd	02/01/2008 4:21 PM
Re: Suppurate - 02/01/08	Myridon	02/01/2008 4:29 PM
Re: Suppurate - 02/01/08	tsuwm	02/01/2008 4:31 PM
Re: Suppurate - 02/01/08	2fs	02/01/2008 5:20 PM
Re: Suppurate - 02/01/08	zmjezhd	02/01/2008 5:41 PM
Re: Suppurate - 02/01/08	dalehileman	02/01/2008 5:44 PM
Re: Suppurate - 02/01/08	Porcupine	02/02/2008 3:00 AM
Re: vidyā dadāti vinayam	zmjezhd	02/02/2008 3:49 AM
Re: vidyā dadāti vinayam	tsuwm	02/02/2008 4:45 AM
Re: vidyā dadāti vinayam	Zed	02/02/2008 7:22 AM
Re: in-	morphememedley	02/02/2008 11:41 PM
Re: Irregardless	Porcupine	02/02/2008 2:50 PM
Re: Irregardless	dalehileman	02/02/2008 4:08 PM
Re: Irregardless	Zed	02/02/2008 9:03 PM
Re: Irregardless	themilum	02/02/2008 4:37 PM
Re: Irregardless	Faldage	02/02/2008 8:42 PM
Re: in-	Buffalo Shrdlu	02/02/2008 11:58 PM
Re: Irregardless	zmjezhd	02/02/2008 4:43 PM

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