A gift for any umbraphiles among us
	    
	         - 06/04/2024 02:21:05 PM
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			Umbraphile isn't a word
	    
	         - 08/04/2024 05:12:05 AM
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			It is a word. It exists.
	    
	         - 08/04/2024 02:31:49 PM
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			No it doesn't.  Any retard can pretend a word exists but that doesn't make it so. *NM*
	    
	         - 08/04/2024 05:26:30 PM
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			It does if enough people use it. That's how new words get created and enter a language.
	    
	         - 08/04/2024 05:32:46 PM
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			Not exactly
	    
	         - 09/04/2024 01:30:30 AM
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			Honey, the speakers of our language don't care about the "rules".
	    
	         - 09/04/2024 07:28:30 AM
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			Bah
	    
	         - 09/04/2024 09:29:40 PM
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			No, you're still wrong
	    
	         - 12/04/2024 12:56:49 AM
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			I can see your recalcitrance won't be alleviated by logic or history.
	    
	         - 12/04/2024 11:49:44 AM
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			You're the one ignoring logic and history - have some standards, man!
	    
	         - 12/04/2024 02:13:19 PM
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			Can I have it both ways?
	    
	         - 12/04/2024 06:04:23 PM
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			So you're saying NY Times writers *aren't* la feccia del popolazzo???
	    
	         - 12/04/2024 06:36:09 PM
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			I've long been confused by the 'literally' debate.
	    
	         - 12/04/2024 09:32:29 PM
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			I think perhaps it comes down to intent and knowledge.
	    
	         - 12/04/2024 10:42:09 PM
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			I don't think being generous has anything to do with it - but my exposure to it may be different.
	    
	         - 13/04/2024 12:37:46 PM
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			I haven't been talking about Greek per se.  I'm talking about English conventions.
	    
	         - 13/04/2024 05:13:33 PM
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			makes sense to me *NM*
		
	         - 13/04/2024 11:25:03 PM
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			I'm afraid I have to agree with Joe.
	    
	         - 12/04/2024 11:28:44 PM
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			See my reply to Joe above, but regarding your specific example...
	    
	         - 13/04/2024 12:55:11 PM
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			One thing I won’t miss around here are the holier-than-thou pseudo-intellectuals.
	    
	         - 09/04/2024 08:11:57 PM
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