On 12/20/2011 06:52 AM, Dennis Gallien wrote:
On Thursday, December 08, 2011 09:43 PM Dirk Gently wrote:
My primary purpose for posting was so that non-native English speakers wouldn't start adopting this recent and horrible locution which is spreading through this country (USA).
So Dirk, I finally found the website just for you (or perhaps you authored):
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