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Myridon #182677 02/16/09 11:58 PM
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There seems to be an underlying assumption going on here that colloquial language usage must adhere to rules of logic. This is just nonsense.

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RE: potis vs POTUS - I was simply trying to be funny. I don't think it deserved an insult to my intelligence. Thanks for making my time on this bulletin board unpleasant.

Karen S. #182681 02/17/09 04:34 PM
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>unpleasant

someone's got to do it.

-ron o.

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I enjoyed your humor, Karen.
Welcome to the forums. Keep posting.


----please, draw me a sheep----
Karen S. #182694 02/17/09 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted By: Karen S.
RE: potis vs POTUS - I was simply trying to be funny. I don't think it deserved an insult to my intelligence. Thanks for making my time on this bulletin board unpleasant.


I laughed, and wasn't really sure what everyone else was going on about!

but that's the way of it around here, sometimes!

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Karen S. #182708 02/18/09 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted By: Karen S.
Thanks for making my time on this bulletin board unpleasant.
Keep smiling Karen S. I assume it's their job to welcome you this way . Don' t know if there's any gold involved. My guess, it's is just charity.
Your reply was quite to the point. :~)

BranShea #182719 02/19/09 03:15 AM
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I sent her a PM; hope she comes back.

Jackie #182720 02/19/09 11:31 AM
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So I don't get it. What did we do to insult her intelligence?

Faldage #182722 02/19/09 03:19 PM
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perhaps not her intelligence, per se, but I certainly felt *her education was alluded to in the three posts right after hers.

Karen S. #182724 02/19/09 03:45 PM
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Karen, you've got to be a little bit thick-skinned if you are going to participate on these AWAD forums. I'm late into this dicussion; but I don't see this as an example of an insult. I see it as a part of the give-and-=take of a typical forum exchange. However, to come to your aid, I disagree with the precisionists concerning the meaning of POTIS. Capability in my neck of the woods implies the POWER to use that ability. [a parallel might be seen in the meaning of the Greek EXOUSIA -- see John 1:12] IMO, your point is well-taken. It is interesting that POTIS is so close to POTUS.

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