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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