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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_two_cents_(idiom) " My two cents " and its longer version " put my two cents in " is an American idiomatic expression, taken from the original British idiom expression: to put in " my two
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On 21 Nov 2004 17:12:07 GMT, CyberCypher Because I made no suggestion that the government regulate the beliefs or customs of any religion, your complaint was a straw man, as usual. It directly addressed the issue in your mind, but not in my mind
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Tony Cooper wrote on 22 Nov 2004: Robert Lieblich wrote on 21 Nov 2004: Yes, I have. ... pointing out that it already does, to a certain extent. I caught it, Franke. It's not the first time you've ducked around the corner. My comment was
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couldn't Because a black person reacting with visible terror in response to unexplained phenomena attributed to ghosts (popularly called "spooks") was a stock character in comic strips and film comedies in the early to mid-20th
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the expressions its users needed and lost those which they did not. (trim) Who defines what is "needed" is it "that which is kept"? Why do you see a need for somebody to decide? It just evolves. Sorry, I wasn't quite clear.
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I thought it was an established principle that a languagecontained the expressions its users needed and lost those which they didnot. Really? That sounds almost whimsical. Why, marry, gode miftrefs Donna! Rather doth it sounde liker the
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I was sitting on the porch with my son over the weekend, and we heard a Catbird's call. I idly ... to come from no particular direction. When the Catbird calls, I can follow the sound. Not the owl. Just musing. I had fun researching this
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