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Jan Grant jan.grant at bristol.ac.uk
Thu Mar 15 10:06:56 GMT 2007

On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Steve Roome wrote:

> I'm not sure who the stupid people are, those that proscribe
> certain language use or those that prescribe what words may be
> used, or those that use the words that are used by otheres.

Nobody is looking to proscribe the language you use. You're free to use 
whatever words you like (assuming you're not glorifying terrorism or 
shouting "nonsense!" at Jack Straw etc.); just as your listeners are 
free to draw whatever conclusions they like from your use of vocabulary.

I offer this observation with a completely nonprejudicial intent.

jan, shootii and leafs.

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