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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: dam right! (not a word post) #83034 10/09/2002 12:22 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye Pooh-Bah Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Michigan's Wetlands Protection Act is a good example of a careful choice of terms to promote a desired political goal. Before saturated lands became the subject of close regulation, we all called them swamps. Somehow, the "Swamp Protection Act" wasn't as easy to sell. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted dam right! (not a word post) wofahulicodoc 10/08/2002 2:19 AM Re: dam right! (not a word post) Capital Kiwi 10/08/2002 9:01 PM Re: dam right! (not a word post) wofahulicodoc 10/08/2002 9:20 PM Re: dam right! (not a word post) Wordwind 10/08/2002 11:40 PM Re: dam right! (not a word post) Sparteye 10/09/2002 12:22 AM Re: dam right! (not a word post) Wordwind 10/09/2002 9:10 AM 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

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