On Friday 22 November 2013 03:04:27 PM Bill Oliver wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Nov 2013, Rolf Turner wrote:
> > On 11/23/13 10:17, inode0 wrote:
> >> In American usage this is acceptable and common.
> >>
> > But wrong nevertheless. It conflates two quite distinct ideas, blurs
> > the meaning and diminishes the language.
>
> Yeah, we have a saying about that:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-cFtSPIF4Q
>
Thank you for giving me an excuse to listen to Ray Wylie Hubbard in the middle of the afternoon!
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