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- From: paleblue@byron.u.washington.edu (Hermes)
- Newsgroups: alt.angst
- Subject: Re: the angst.cops ride again?
- Date: 28 Jan 1993 17:55:20 GMT
- Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
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- In article <C1J8Gp.1xJ@news.cso.uiuc.edu> dennis@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Thomas A. Dennis) writes:
- >>ok, I'd like to just clear something up. In this post and another post,
- >>this person sine, who I think is really cool btw, says that I want to
- >>cheer everybody up. But it's not like that. I just meant "cheer up" as
- >>a supportive thing. It was just my way of saying "I think you're cool" but
- >>now that I've gotten responses and stuff, I'll try to "I think you're cool"
- >>when that's what I mean instead of "cheer up!" which really works in other
- >>groups where happy isn't such a big issue. so, sorry and I hope all this
- >>junk washes under the bridge!
- >
- >ObGrammarClue: "Cheer up" does not translate into "I think you're cool", under
- >any circumstances. "Cheer up" is an order. Many people do not like being
- >ordered around by others, especially if the self-appointed martinet doesn't
- >seem to have any redeeming qualities.
- >
- >Any questions?
- >
- Yes, my question is this: Have you looked up the word "idiom" lately?
-
- And make sure you check ALL the definitions!
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