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<DIV>Actually, we just like arguing. We're ornery older people who enjoy
thinking we are right and proving someone else wrong. (We both have better
motivations than that, but this kind of stuff... that's all it is.) You're right
about Safire, his columns are awfully interesting for a man who worked in
Richard Nixon's White House. Even if he didn't, they would still be interesting.
I'll have to pass for now on Lederer, I have a backlog of books I haven't
finished or started. I'm on Kenneth Roberts's <EM>Northwest Passage</EM> and a
recent book called <EM>Becoming Eichmann</EM> (theme obvious), and I got these
DVD's for Christmas that I can't find time to watch either: The Tudors, first
season, Flags of Our Fathers, Sands of Iwo Jima, and John Adams -- oh, and I
have the book too, I haven't read that yet either. But thanks for the
suggestions.</DIV>
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<DIV>Siarlys</DIV>
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<DIV>On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:09:13 -0800 (PST) "Discussion of the Good, Clean
Funnies List" <<A
href="mailto:gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net">gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net</A>> writes:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#111111 face=Candara size=4>Jeanene and Siarlys,
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<DIV><FONT color=#111111 face=Candara size=4>You both seem to be
interested in words and their usage. I recommend your reading Richard
Lederer's books just for the fun of it. I attended a lecture by him back
in 1997, split my sides laughing, and bought five of his books on the
spot! </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#111111 face=Candara size=4>William Safire's "On
Language" columns in the NY Times are great reading, too. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#111111 face=Candara size=4>Kay</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR>--- On <B>Tue, 12/30/08, gcfl-discuss-request@gcfl.net
<I><gcfl-discuss-request@gcfl.net></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Funny. That is pretty close to the definition of "deviant" in The
American Century Dictionary: " (adj) deviating from what is normal.
The -ed ending usually indicates a verb form, such as remembered (past
tense verb, not adjective), or called, or ended, or prepared. But the
dictionary doesn't have "deviated" at all. These verb forms can become
a kind of verbal adjective, as in "remembered garden" or "cleft
palette." But then you are back to the same meaning as "deviant," the
one I found in the dictionary.</DIV>
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<DIV>Siarlys</DIV>
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<DIV>On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:55:34 -0700 "Discussion of the Good, Clean
Funnies List" <<A href="mailto:gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net" rel=nofollow
target=_blank>gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net</A>> writes:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Candara size=4>No. I meant
deviated. It means </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Candara size=4>Jeanene</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A
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title=gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net>Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:jeanenehea@comcast.net" rel=nofollow target=_blank
title=jeanenehea@comcast.net>Red</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, December 23,
2008 9:13 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [GCFL-discuss] a
quote for today</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Candara size=4>"There is always room
at the top -- after the investigation." </FONT><FONT color=#000080
face=Candara size=4> -Oliver Herford, American Author
1863-1935</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Candara size=4>I found
this very funny. Do I have a deviated sense of
humor?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Candara size=4>Jeanene</FONT></DIV>
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