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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

That’s how I feel about “amongst,” as in “talk amongst yourselves.” In fact, when I *say* it, as opposed to writing it, I’m thinking it “amoungst,” lol - but you’d never know it.


488 posted on 05/29/2007 7:38:17 PM PDT by Rte66
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To: Rte66

I like Briticism, save for... “whilst”. It’s like fingernails on the proverbial blackboard. I think it’s because a Canadian division of my company had a particularly annoying British transplant manager who sprinkled that word in his conversation.

It always seems to be embedded in a long dry pedantic and condescending monologue.


495 posted on 05/29/2007 8:08:27 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Deadcheck the embeds first.)
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