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From: jbaker@madge1.madge.co.uk (Jill Baker PJbakerT-SP)
Subject: Re: WORD ORIGINS AND USAGE -- Words, Wit and Wisdom on the Web
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Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1995 08:02:31 GMT
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Christopher Monsour (monsourc@ford.uchicago.edu) wrote:

: 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?

Nah - I just meant I wasn't there so I had to take his word for it.
Myself, I prefer men, so I'm not really qualified to judge anyway. :)


-- 
	Jill                 (my opinions are my own - not my employers')
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	Well I dreamed I saw a silver spaceship flying
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