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To: Valuepro who wrote (4671)	2/20/2023 12:36:27 PM
From: DMaA	of 4703

The modern Woke not only think they are the most moral people on Earth, they claim they are the most moral people who ever lived.

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To: DMaA who wrote (4672)	2/20/2023 12:48:27 PM
From: Valuepro	of 4703

"...they claim they are the most moral people who ever lived." Therein evolves the risks from such exclusivity and superiority, undetectable cancers within those who fall prey to this kind of social disease.

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To: Valuepro who wrote (4673)	2/20/2023 1:05:13 PM
From: Joachim K	2 Recommendations of 4703

They certainly are the most sanctimonious people who ever lived...

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To: Joachim K who wrote (4674)	3/20/2023 5:51:45 AM
From: Tom Clarke	3 Recommendations of 4703



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From: Tom Clarke	4/16/2023 7:28:21 PM
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In 1977 Jorge Luis Borges told William F. Buckley (whose first language was Spanish) his reasons for feeling that English was 'far finer' than his native tongue. In 1977, Jorge Luis Borges, one of the most influential 20th c. Spanish-language writers, told William F. Buckley (whose first language was Spanish) his reasons for feeling, age 78, that English was 'far finer' than his native tongue. Right or wrong, I love his savor for language pic.twitter.com/foOzTu6mYR — Benjamin Carlson (@bfcarlson) April 10, 2023

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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (4676)	4/16/2023 7:30:59 PM
From: Tom Clarke	of 4703

Boris Johnson gives an example of Churchill's deliberate selection of Germanic vs Latin words for effect in his famous speeches at 4:55 h/t Wretchard T. Cat facebook.com

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From: Stan	9/20/2023 1:04:48 PM
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From: Tom Clarke	10/28/2023 6:41:06 AM
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Bad grammar is so maddening it activates the 'fight or flight' response within the human body, study finds dailymail.co.uk

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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (4679)	10/28/2023 1:27:29 PM
From: Valuepro	of 4703

I get that response when unexpectedly hearing bad grammar from the mouths of professionals in broadcasting.

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From: Stan	11/15/2023 1:38:53 PM
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A chaotic poem about English pronunciation

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