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<DIV><FONT face=Candara color=#111111 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 face=Candara color=#111111 size=4>William Safire's "On Language" columns in the NY Times are great reading, too. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Candara color=#111111 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>On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:55:34 -0700 "Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies List" <<A href="mailto:gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net" target=_blank rel=nofollow>gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net</A>> writes:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Candara color=#000080 size=4>No. I meant deviated. It means </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Candara color=#000080 size=4>Jeanene</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=jeanenehea@comcast.net href="mailto:jeanenehea@comcast.net" target=_blank rel=nofollow>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 face=Candara color=#000080 size=4>"There is always room at the top -- after the investigation." </FONT><FONT face=Candara color=#000080 size=4> -Oliver Herford, American Author 1863-1935</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Candara color=#000080 size=4>I found this very funny. Do I have a deviated sense of humor?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Candara color=#000080 size=4>Jeanene</FONT></DIV>
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