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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Double X Bonus #95187 02/10/2003 6:18 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 At forty mph on my trusty Raleigh headed for Harvard Square, I passed a church with a glassed in bulletin board for inspirational quotations. In a camera-shutter blink I read a motto I have lived by ever since. It was attributed to Booker T. Washington, a very gifted black educator of a hundred years ago. I have not been able to confirm the attribution. "Cheating is a confession of inferiority which I do not choose to make." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Double X Bonus #95188 02/10/2003 6:57 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont fabulous quote, Bill. thanks. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Double X Bonus #95189 02/10/2003 8:14 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York What's a "double X bonus"? And yeah, I like that quote too. A lot. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Double X Bonus #95190 02/10/2003 8:24 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Double X. = XX = extra X. Trumping Wordsmith's ace, or something. Anything to make a post. Thank you both for your kind words. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Double X Bonus #95191 02/10/2003 8:54 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont I keep thinking about this quote and how appropriate it will be to use in school. I spend a lot of time trying to convince kids that they need to have personal pride about the work that they do, and the things that they put their name on. maybe one or two kids will take this to heart. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Double X Bonus #95192 02/11/2003 5:23 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia doc_comfort addict doc_comfort addict Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia While I love the sentiment of the quote, should it not be, linguistically-correctly... "Cheating is a confession of inferiority which I choose not to make." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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