Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id IAA12918 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Sun, 13 May 2001 08:06:51 +0100 From: "Richard Brodie" <richard@brodietech.com> To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Subject: RE: Information Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 00:02:53 -0700 Message-ID: <JJEIIFOCALCJKOFDFAHBAECGCMAA.richard@brodietech.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) In-reply-to: <20010512183347.AAA26657@camailp.harvard.edu@[205.240.180.72]> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.3018.1300 Importance: Normal Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Wade wrote:
<<Look, I totally agree that _anything_ that _anyone_ has _ever_ said at
_any_ time is _fiction_- and thus opinion is a great deal of it, and that
the best thing that anyone could ever say would also be open to opinion,
but the _best way to use a word_ ain't, and never was, a matter of
_opinion_. It has always and shall ever more remain, a matter of
consensus.>>
What's the consensus on the use of the word "ain't"?
Richard Brodie richard@brodietech.com http://www.memecentral.com
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