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Relax people. In a couple years it'll sound as normal as "contacting."
Sage advice, Faldage: "Lie back and think of England."
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Oh, right! Like we're gonna lissen to them about language use.
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You know, I once wrote "effortly"... imagine my embarrassment when I found out there is no adverb to that word. But it does make sense theoretically right? I was surprised to find out "effort" is strictly a noun, since I expected such a popular word to be more "flexible". As for the topic, I see it more as a nonce word than a malapropism.. but that's just me. Father Steve, you seriously wrote a letter to them? yoicks... I'm glad you weren't my English teacher. 
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Father Steve, you seriously wrote a letter to them? yoicks... I'm glad you weren't my English teacher.
Ever since The Atlantic Monthly commissioned me as a member of the Word Police, I have taken my responsibilities very seriously.
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Isn't this a conflict of interest, being a member of the judiciary and the constabulary?
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>a member of the Word Police..
I tore up my WP certification when The Atlantic Monthly online went to a subscription basis.
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a conflict of interest, being a member of the judiciary and the constabulary?
Ah, but in such different jurisdictions!
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Father Steve, you seriously wrote a letter to them? yoicks... I'm glad you weren't my English teacher.
Ever since The Atlantic Monthly commissioned me as a member of the Word Police, I have taken my responsibilities very seriously.
Would it help if I told you I was a member, too?
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Father Steve, you seriously wrote a letter to them? yoicks... I'm glad you weren't my English teacher.
Ever since The Atlantic Monthly commissioned me as a member of the Word Police, I have taken my responsibilities very seriously.
Would it help if I told you I was a member, too?
Did y'all get a decoder ring?
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Father Steve, you seriously wrote a letter to them? yoicks... I'm glad you weren't my English teacher.
Ever since The Atlantic Monthly commissioned me as a member of the Word Police, I have taken my responsibilities very seriously.
Would it help if I told you I was a member, too?
Did y'all get a decoder ring?
We don' need no steenkin decoder ring. In fack we need to prove we don' need no steenkin decoder ring to get in.
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