HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: chavis@thumper..bellcore.com (Dennis Chavis)
Subject: Re: YOU gotta rreeeallll purrrty Mouth (Re: how do you like my postscript)
Reply-To: chavis@thumper.UUCP (Dennis Chavis)
Organization: Bellcore MRE
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 21:08:46 GMT

In article <Bzqrqo.3qE@exnet.co.uk> s0xjg@exnet.co.uk (Xavier Gallagher) writes:
>In article <23DEC199202153507@zeus.tamu.edu> olw7845@zeus.tamu.edu (Zeke E. Pez) writes:
>>In article <1gr4q8INNff4@gaia.ucs.orst.edu>, henrya@ucs.orst.edu 
>>(Jean-Luc Picard) writes...
>>
>>


Give me a break, keep short and straight to the point.  
The need for an elaborate monologue is not needed.
Pay attention:

		We as humans in this the society have the 
		rights the constitution sets aside for us.
		That is all.  Nothing less and certainly 
		nothing more.  Special treatment given
		to any group can only bring about resentment
		from those not involved.  

		This includes everyone from all walks of
		life, from devil worshipper to holyist
		of holymen, not to leave out blacks
		(which I am), jews, mormons, christians
		Lets not leave out Homosexuals (which I am not)
		and Heterosexuals Bi-sexuals 
		and A sexuals for that matter. Did I leave 
		anyone out. And don't try to over
		simplify anything I'm saying throwing in
		stupid stuff like beastiality.  However,
		Even the Ku Klux Klan has the right to
		voice an opinion.  Not that I enjoy 
		hearing it, but it is their right.


		Everyone, key words nothing less
		and nothing more. 

		I guess I did not keep it short, Oh Well.




Signed:\
	Live and Let Live/Die
Newsgroups: alt.homosexual
From: eknipp@lobo.rmhs.colorado.edu (Ethan R Knipp)
Subject: Re: Me bashing.
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 17:41:38 GMT
Organization: Rocky Mountain High School, Fort Collins, CO

In article <1992Dec19.051431.636@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> jam8j@galen.med.Virginia.EDU (James A. Murray) writes:
>Thanks for the support and I am glad that I now have a little
>more information other than that you are strayt.  I do have one
>question:  If you could care less, why should you care about
>being misrepresented?

Put it this way.  I may not care what others think, but if at all possible, I 
don't want to confuse people (esp. if I like them) about how I feel.   So I 
guess I do care what people who care about me think (whoa- there's a sentence 
:-]), but I *don't* care what people hostile to me think unless the're in a 
position of power.



>--
>James A. Murray                    |  Certe, Toto, sentio nos in
>University of Virginia             |  Kansate non iam adesse. 
>jam8j@galen.med.Virginia.edu       |    		-Dorothea
>Compuserve: 71022,1000             |  


-- 
Ethan Knipp                   |        ***PANIC NOW-AVOID THE RUSH***
The Unbeliever                |   "It's the end of the world as we know it/
eknipp@lobo.rmhs.colorado.edu |    and I feel fine"-R.E.M.
****************Whatever I say, I say.  Deal with it.**********************
From: cb316@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (L.J. Yao)
Newsgroups: alt.homosexual
Subject: Two Bi-Sexual Movies for sale  *Must Be 18*
Date: 30 Dec 92 21:53:03 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


                  xxx  You Must Be 18 or over to pick  xxx

     The following two movies are new originals. These are good quality premium 
tapes with the "hardcore guarantee": that the movie contains every sence, every
sex act and erotic practice exactly as shown on the box. Picture is clear, full
length, about 75 minutes. These are the same tapes that are sold in various 
adult book stores for $59 to $89 each. 
 
     You can have either one for $35 or both for $60, shipping included.

(1) Never Say Good `BI'       ..
    Bi-sexual action, by Stallion Video, man-woman, man-man, wowam-woman
    Starring: Samantha Strong, Nick Harmon, T.J. Stryker, Charli St. Cyr,
              Stella Starr, Tony Davis, Neil Thomas, Cole Taylor, 
 	      Desiree Foxx, Frankie Leigh
 
(2) Matters |In| Hand
    Transexual Action, By Stallion Video
    Starring: 'AJA', Catherine Marie, Dany Brown, Tony Davis, Lee Jennings
              Vince Cobratti and Julie Bond
 
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
From: dmunroe@vcd.hp.com (Dave Munroe)
Subject: Re: Bleeding heart liberals
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 19:06:34 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard

Russ Kepler writes:

>What can I say about a fellow who get such nice groups?  He could land
>5-6 rounds all in a row, all withing a inch circle.

Peeve: when you bring a newcomer to the range, they can always shoot your
own gun better than you can.

!Peeve: once they buy their own gun, they can't shoot it worth beans

-Dave
                _  O
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From: william@castle.ed.ac.uk (William Warburton)
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Re: A Definite Not-Peeve, involves money
Date: 23 Dec 92 10:01:11 GMT
Reply-To: W.Warburton@ed.ac.uk
Organization: Edinburgh University Computing Service

In article <1h8ktcINN3h9@cardamom.compnews.co.uk>, sjl@compnews.co.uk (Steve Lacey) writes:
|> tony@mantis.co.uk (Tony Lezard) writes:
|> : 
|> : ObPeeve: It's just started getting cold enough here that you have to
|> : spend ten minutes every morning scraping the ice off your car before you
|> : can go anywhere with confidence. And same again in the evening.
|> : 
|> Or scraping the ice off the *inside* of your car...

 Or warming up the relay that controls your headlights so you can get
your high-beams on & off.

	W.

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From: jeremy@castle.ed.ac.uk (Jeremy Henderson)
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Baby passport - not a peeve at all
Date: 22 Dec 92 15:15:13 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh University

Having been told categorically on the phone that Em is not eligible
for a British passport, I wrote to the passport office, in order to get
a written refusal that I could then take to my MP etc. They wrote back
telling me that in order for them to make this decision I would have to
send in a passport application. Which I did, noting that on the application
I certify that the person named is a British citizen, which is, of course,
what was remaining to be proved. I was slightly alarmed to see that making
a false claim in this regard is a criminal offense. So I sent the thing off,
and lo and behold, this morning Em gets a letter with a passport in it!
Of course filling in the bit about "Holder's signature" could be a problem,
but what the hell!!

-- 
===Jeremy Henderson===jeremy@castle.ed.ac.uk=          

This message cost the net hundreds if not thousands of dollars.
Bloody good value if you ask me.
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
From: BPHEINTZ@UCSVAX.UCS.UMASS.EDU (BRADLEY P HEINTZ)
Subject: re:  A Definite Not-Peeve
Organization: Ancient Illuminated Seers of Bavaria
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 18:20:29 GMT
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.24

In <Ktpas*BJ0@prolix.apana.org.au> dac@prolix.apana.org.au writes:

> In article <BzF9A2.EKp@nic.umass.edu>, BRADLEY P HEINTZ writes:
> 
> > In <1992Dec17.042804.15837@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> bberbeni@nyx.cs.du.edu writes:
>  
> > > Lost .sig:  Reward if returned unharmed.  e-mail me for details.  some
> > >             restrictions apply.
>  
> > Peeve:    The dumbest fucking .sig I've ever seen.
> 
> Fair enough.
> 
> However, your own .sig was tainted with 'the sign of the net
> lamer', by virtue of it's being doubled:
> 
> > - Brad
> > 
> > *=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=*
> > Illuminatus Primus 1:  If all are one, all violence is masochism.
> > Illuminatus Primus 2:  If all are one, all sex is masturbation.
> > 
> > bpheintz@phobos.ucc.umass.edu
> > Your mother's an astronaut.
> > 
> > *=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=*
> > Illuminatus Primus 1:  If all are one, all violence is masochism.
> > Illuminatus Primus 2:  If all are one, all sex is masturbation.
> > 
> > bpheintz@phobos.ucc.umass.edu
> > Your mother's an astronaut.
> 
> I am sure you have received many rebukes for your fuckheadedness,
> I just like pointing out the bleeding obvious.
> 

Actually, yours was the first such rebuke.  My foolish behavior is
acknowledged, and, I hope corrected.

Excuse me now, while I go to flog myself in pennance.

-Brad

*=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=*
Illuminatus Primus 1:  If all are one, all violence is masochism.
Illuminatus Primus 2:  If all are one, all sex is masturbation.

bpheintz@phobos.ucc.umass.edu
Your mother's an astronaut.
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
From: bberbeni@nyx.cs.du.edu (Bill Berbenich)
Subject: Re: Bleeding heart liberals
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 22:53:02 GMT

In <BzL2C5.B5H@news.iastate.edu> z1dan@exnet.iastate.edu (Dan Sorenson -- Cereal Killer) writes:

>>And we all know that
>>Curtis is really a soft cuddly toy of a man, and not a real man
>>like, say, Iowa Dan. :-)^H^H^H [I don't know what came over me!]

>	Well it sure as hell wasn't me, DAC!  I was out shooting all
>day, and have been working fairly hard this evening.

I know if *_I_* had been out shooting all day, I'd be QUITE HARD and
not just fairly hard, working or relaxing.

And I don't know if I'd call Curtis cuddly or not...
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
From: donb@igor.tamri.com (Don Baldwin)
Subject: Re: A Definite Not-Peeve, involves money
Organization: TOSHIBA America MRI, South San Francisco, CA
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 93 23:01:46 GMT

In article <1992Dec22.022033.16692@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> bberbeni@nyx.cs.du.edu
(Bill Berbenich) writes:
>In <BzFp1A.Kyz@vcd.hp.com> dmunroe@vcd.hp.com (Dave Munroe) writes:
>>>You know, these cheery messages from Bill B are really starting to worry
>>>me.
>
>>There is something suspicious here.  First he was worried about the Fatal
>>Attraction type lady and then he was telling us about a potential bedmate.
>>There's also this class he was "too embarrassed" to tell us about.  I think
>>he's bumped someone off.
>
>Pish posh!  It is still just in the planning stages at this point.  We'll
>all know when it has happened...

Uh Bill?  Hoffa is already dead.

   don
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
From: larry@peak.psl.nmsu.edu (Evil Engineer doin' it the Cowboy Way)
Subject: Re: So this is Christmas
Organization: New Mexico State University, MetaPhysical Science Laboratory
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 17:52:24 GMT

>>>>> On 18 Dec 92 18:09:16 GMT, booter@Autodesk.COM (Elaine Richards) said:
Elaine> Years ago, a charming slender desert rat purchased for me
Elaine> one (1) pair of crotchless panties ... with a whistle on
Elaine> them. I found them to be vulgar. He also gave me a night
Elaine> thing that was reasonably tasteful.  I do not, however,
Elaine> regard gifts of clothing as gifts, unless I have specified
Elaine> exactly what I want.

In my [usual] density, I guess I just don't get it. Was it a rape 
whistle by any chance?

Peeve: The CO doesn't model her crotchless panties any more.

Girls just don't seem to appreciate the "spirit" of crotchless panties..

Anti-Peeve: She doesn't ask me to wear that leopard-skinned jock strap
            any more..

I itch when I think about it.

Elaine> I looked at the gent levelly and said, "That's very nice,
Elaine> now what did you get *me* for my birthday?" The next
Elaine> Christmas he got me a toolbox and some opal earrings. :-)

Peeve: The CO, when asked what she *really* wants for Christmas, says
       "Oh.. I just want a cord of firewood.." Yeh, right!

As any married man knows, getting her firewood is a sure way to end up in
the dog house for a week. What she's really trying to do is lay a guilt
trip on you because you haven't bought the winter's firewood yet.

Elaine> Get her jewelry or power tools. Ask her to model the gift
Elaine> without other adornment of any kind. I guarantee you will
Elaine> have more success with tasteful opals or other
Elaine> semi-precious materials than you will with crap from
Elaine> Trailer Trash....er.....Frederick's of Hollywood.

Peeve: Having to BORROW the CO's crappy tools from the crappy tool box
       and tool set you bought her five years ago.. Particularly that
       little dinky claw hammer.

A man needs a [manly] HAMMER! Like Dad's old Estwing framing hammer. By
God you can set a roofing nail with a single blow..

Elaine> Peeve: I lost one of the earrings.

Well, Elaine, that's one of the proven Best Uses of us men-critters. We
can be blamed for *anything*.

Example: The lid vacuum-locked on the cooking rice last night. Whose
fault? Mine, of course! I quote:

	"Well, I'm not the ENGINEER! If you don't have something
	constructive to suggest, then I wish you'd say nothing." 

(I had just suggested drilling a small hole in the lid of the pan.. 
[Before you condemn me - it WOULD HAVE WORKED!])

L.
"Yeh, Buddy..            | larry@psl.nmsu.edu (Larry Cunningham)|  _~~_
 I've got your COMPUTER! | % Physical Science Laboratory        | (O)(-)
 Right HERE!!"           | New Mexico State University          |  /..\ 
 (computer THIS!)        | Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA 88003    |   <> 
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Disclaimer: Opinions expressed here are CORRECT, mine, and not PSLs or NMSUs..
Because the plot demands: an EVIL man!
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
From: larry@peak.psl.nmsu.edu (Evil Engineer doin' it the Cowboy Way)
Subject: Re: not a holiday peeve
Organization: New Mexico State University, MetaPhysical Science Laboratory
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 12:56:54 GMT

You'll shoot your eye out, Boy!

L.
"Yeh, Buddy..            | larry@psl.nmsu.edu (Larry Cunningham)|  _~~_
 I've got your COMPUTER! | % Physical Science Laboratory        | (O)(-)
 Right HERE!!"           | New Mexico State University          |  /..\ 
 (computer THIS!)        | Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA 88003    |   <> 
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Disclaimer: Opinions expressed here are CORRECT, mine, and not PSLs or NMSUs..
Tularosa: tullies, roses, lava, white sands, and home of THEM! (atomic ants).
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
From: rickg@netcom.com (Rick Gordon)
Subject: Re: CORRECT VIEW ON RACISM
Followup-To: alt.peeves
Organization: Netcom - SF Bay, Cal Northifornia
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 16:08:02 GMT

In article <Qll34zZa.4482.1@ultisol.gsfc.nasa.gov> nobody@dev.null writes:

>Well, to get the ball really rolling, I'll crosspost this to a few groups
>who might be interested.  Troll is no ordinary Bozo!

Peeve: Seeing garbage like this crossposted to a dozen inappropriate
groups with peeves in the Newsgroups: line.  Now we'll be graced with a
week or more of followups from outraged, confused respondents who can't
take the time to pare down the list.

I'm not surprised at all that this sly little prank was perpetrated by
Mr. Bur.

Laura: Does Goddard hire wankers like Bur as part of some malicious
Hire-the-Mentally-Handicapped affirmative action deal, or is he on a
cost-plus personal contract?

>TTFN,
>M

-- 
Rick Gordon      | "Loud is good." 
rickg@netcom.com |   -- Frank Loesser
From: russ@bbxrbk (Russ Kepler)
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: not a holiday peeve
Date: 31 Dec 92 02:52:16 GMT
Organization: russ at home in Albuquerque New Mexico

This is not a holiday peeve, it's another of the rhinovirus
peeves.  But this one mentions something that explodes...

I've always maintained that you should never drive, shoot or reload
when under the influence of alcohol or other mind altering drugs.  I
never really included Seldane (a prescription anti-histamine) in the
list of mind altering drugs, but this afternoon's experience may force
me to change that opinion; either that or the decrease in neurons due
to ageing is a lot faster than I ever expected.

I was in the garage (being on vacation for 3 weeks has caused me to
run out of home projects) reloading a bunch of .223 for shooting this
weekend.  As luck would have it a case got stuck, further it was in
the final size/crimp die (Dillon has a strange system).  It was my own
damn fault - I hadn't lubed the first couple of cases because I didn't
expect to crimp them that much.

So, there I stand, looking at a nice black piece of metal with a
pretty brass cartridge imbedded in it - a brass cartridge, I might
add, with 27.3 grains of AA#2230 and a 55 grain FMJ.  What is a boy to
do?  I know, remove the powder by pushing the bullet into the case and
seeing if I can rattle out some powder.  Nope, no good, no powder...
what to do, what to do... Aha!  The case sticks out far enough that
the primer clears the base of the die, I'll just take this hacksaw
here and BANG!

That was a prime stupid idea.  Something hot from the sawing fell into
the primer (about the time the blade got in the area) and popped off
the round.  The bullet was embedded in the workbench, the hacksaw
blade was blackened, and my right ear is still ringing.

So, I finished up and went inside and called Dillon to see what they
do.  The answer?  Throw away the die and order another.  Right.  Next
time I set it up and see if I can't plink someone with the bullet.

I think I'll take more Seldane tonight - seems a checp way to lose
one's mind.

-- 
Russ Kepler, posting from home   russ@bbx.basis.com, bbxrbk!russ@bbx.basis.com
"It's better to be quotable than to be honest" - Tom Stoppard
From: dac@prolix.apana.org.au (Andrew Clayton)
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Re: Fuck Christmas
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 11:52:04 GMT
 <symingto.723966805@room708.sco.dec.com> <lier0bINN6p2@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> <symingto.724041635@room708.sco.dec.com>
 <lir5s4INNju7@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>
Organization: More like Dis~, really.
X-Newsreader: Arn V1.00

In article <lir5s4INNju7@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>, 242 lbs before cooking writes:

> I don't need luck in my life.  Keen perception and cutting acumen
> carry me quite well, thank you.

You elided 'sheer momentum' from your triple-whammy finale.

Prolly a good decision, considering.

Dac
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Newsgroups: alt.peeves
From: z1dan@exnet.iastate.edu (Dan Sorenson -- Cereal Killer)
Subject: Re: Rhino virus peeve
Reply-To: z1dan@exnet.iastate.edu (Dan Sorenson -- Cereal Killer)
Organization: John Deere Product Development and Pathology Lab
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 06:13:46 GMT

bberbeni@nyx.cs.du.edu (Bill Berbenich) writes:

>That brings to mind a question that I have never gotten a good answer to --
>What is the difference between horns and antlers?

	Antlers are branched horns.  Thus, if you find a deer with no
branches on his antlers, they are really horns.  If you find a cow with
a split horn, it is really an antler.

>Peeve:  It isn't so much rhino viruses any more, but a full-BLOWN cold.

	Sounds like you're treating it in the proper way.

--
< Dan Sorenson, DoD #1066 z1dan@exnet.iastate.edu viking@iastate.edu >
<  ISU only censors what I read, not what I say.  Don't blame them.  >
<  "Are you *SURE* he's worth a Harley-Davidson?" -- my grandmother  >
< to my girlfriend, about me.  "I'd better not say" -- my girlfriend >
From: potler@umbc4.umbc.edu (Laura Potler (GSFC))
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Re: Loaded, Locked & Naked
Date: 30 Dec 1992 16:54:55 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland Baltimore Campus
NNTP-Posting-Host: umbc4.umbc.edu

In article <06prdkg@lynx.unm.edu> hillman@carina.unm.edu (Dan Hillman) writes:
>MR DANIEL C A HILLMAN
>What do you do if you're locked out of your hotel room--naked?
>
>No shit, there I was, getting the mail out of the mailbox, and 
>*that* message glared up at me. Guiltily, I glanced down the street. 

well? did they suggest an answer?

>Peeve: I'll have to hang out in a hotel in a couple of weeks, so I 
>may have grounds to test this. Any Peevers gonna be in New Orleans 
>on January 13 & 14 or Chicago on the 15th who wanna get together for 
>drinks?

sorry, no can do. but on the antipeeve side, i finally got to do happy 
hour with michael hart. a good time to be sure. :) all you peevers will
be happy to know that we rambled on about you. :)

-l "just what language is drieux speaking, anyway?" p



-- 
-lp  *******************************
*     "...even God is uneasy..."   *
*		--Davies & Seeger  *
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From: henken@ocf.berkeley.edu (Matthew J. Henken)
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Re: Word peeve
Date: 29 Dec 1992 06:21:06 GMT
Organization: U. C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: headcrash.berkeley.edu

In article <9212272149.AA27366@saffron.eedsp.gatech.edu.gatech.edu> eedsp!bill@gatech.UUCP writes:

>Why is it so vogue to say "persons" when using "people" would work?

It all started with Leonard Nimoy's introduction of "In Search Of" as
dealing with (among others) the mystery of "missing persons."  I think
they showed a picture of Amelia Earwig.

ObPeeve:  People who crowd you in music or book stores.  I detest being crowded
	  enough to allow these annoyances to drive me away from wherever
	  I am, with the intent of returning later.  But it's like trying
	  to get a piece of tape off your fingers.  They follow you around
	  (or sometimes switch off with their partners-in-annoyance) until
	  you are driven out entirely.  AGH!


Matthew J. Henken :-{<"You'll know you're far enough away when you're out of
		       phlegm range.">]
henken@ocf.berkeley.edu
From: geoffm@purplehaze.Corp.Sun.COM (Geoff Miller)
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Re: parmesan and vomit
Followup-To: alt.peeves
Date: 30 Dec 1992 20:18:07 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mountain View, Ca.
NNTP-Posting-Host: purplehaze.corp.sun.com



In article <1992Dec28.162438.29458@umbc3.umbc.edu> potler@umbc4.umbc.edu 
(Laura Potler (GSFC)) writes:

>so i'm sitting there at christmas dinner with the SO's entire family and
>they serve the pasta (yum!) and then the dish of hot pepper comes around 
>and then the dish of parmesan cheese. as soon as i get a whiff of that cheese
>i immediately think of vomit thanks to my dear peeving compadres.

Count your blessings; romano is even worse.  It should be sold in airline
barf bags.

A couple of evenings ago, I took my dinner out to the living room so I
could watch the TV that my generous parental units endowed me with for
Christmas.  I sat down on the couch, the plate of food on  the coffee
table in front of me.  Just as I raised the first forkfull, a commercial
came on the first line of which was, "Hi!  Are you worried about yeast
infections?"  The timing was, as they say, impeccable.  

Peeve: being sick.  See alt.tasteless for details.



Geoff


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From: geoffm@purplehaze.Corp.Sun.COM (Geoff Miller)
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Re: Word peeve
Followup-To: alt.peeves
Date: 28 Dec 1992 00:41:15 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Menlo Park, Ca.
Distribution: world
Reply-To: geoffm@purplehaze.Corp.Sun.COM
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The Billster asks:

>Why is it so vogue to say "persons" when using "people" would work?

Because it sounds more official and dignified to the unschooled,
just like saying "utilized" instead of "use."


Geoff


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