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From: monsourc@ford.uchicago.edu (Christopher Monsour)
Subject: Re: WORD ORIGINS AND USAGE -- Words, Wit and Wisdom on the Web
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In article <DCBn8y.Ft2@madge1.madge.co.uk>,
Jill Baker PJbakerT-SP <jbaker@madge1.madge.co.uk> wrote:
>Then there's names. A (male) friend of mine had to keep his expression
>seriously in check when an apparently pretty young woman greeted him with
>the phrase "Hi, I'm Randy".

What's the difference between a pretty young woman and an apparently
pretty young woman?  Doesn't `pretty' describe appearance here?  Or is
it used differently in Britain?

--Christopher J. Monsour
