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> Conferences have delegates
At my University, conferences have " CONFREREES![]()
I find this quite offensive.
'attendee' must be a shoe size. It's NOT in my dictionary!
TEd
teD,
well, this caused me to look for it in W3, where it is given as a synonym for a sense of attendant which to my ear sounds even more strained! (the citation given is <attendants at the festival>)
[try this: we were in attendance at the festival]
So the attendees and conferees could join the refugees in a jamboree .. tee hee!
tswum tsitses: I react as to nails on a blackboard whenever I hear this careless blend of regardless and irrespective.
Irregardless of whether or not you do or don't care for it or not I always blend them with great care.
He only does it to annoy because he knows it teases
>I always blend them with great care.
fine; as long as you *know you're wrong.
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