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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!crdgw1!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!ames!decwrl!deccrl!news.crl.dec.com!dbased.nuo.dec.com!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!engage.pko.dec.com!akocoa.enet.dec.com!madhusudanan
  2. From: madhusudanan@akocoa.enet.dec.com (MADHUSUDANAN)
  3. Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
  4. Subject: Correct Usage
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec31.153323.10288@engage.pko.dec.com>
  6. Date: 31 Dec 92 15:31:29 GMT
  7. Sender: newsdaemon@engage.pko.dec.com (USENET News Daemon)
  8. Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
  9. Lines: 9
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  12. My friend and I had an argument over the correctness of the following expression
  13.    "I'll press your bell or XXX's bell"
  14.  
  15. The above expression occurred in a conversation over the telephone between two
  16. persons. "Bell" actually means the doorbell and "XXX" means another person who
  17. lives in the same apartment building.
  18.  
  19. Madhu
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