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From: nick@cee.hw.ac.uk (Nick Taylor)
Subject: Re: WORD ORIGINS AND USAGE -- Words, Wit and Wisdom on the Web
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Date: Fri, 4 Aug 1995 12:24:56 GMT
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In article <3vq7u8$c3@trog.dra.hmg.gb>,
   wagray@taz.dra.hmg.gb (Walter Gray) wrote:
>In article <3vnkkk$q5a@nms.telepost.no>, Espen Nyborg <gruner@telepost.no> 
writes:
>>wagray@taz.dra.hmg.gb (Walter Gray) wrote:
>>>In article <807259001.18169@acclaim.demon.co.uk>, Frank@acclaim.demon.co.uk 
(Frank Hendrix) writes:
>>>>monsourc@ford.uchicago.edu (Christopher Monsour) wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>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?
>>>>
>>>>Arte you taking about a woman who is "pretty young" or a young woman
>>>>who is "pretty"?
>>>>
>>>
>>>Or a young woman who is pretty randy?
>>>
>>Randy who?
>>
>
>No no, Who is Bandy, How is Randy.

Pretty well.


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