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Funniest post I've read since aught 5 ( http://www.osnews.com/permalink?71688 ).
heheh.. an Anonymous coward, but that wasn't me.
I typed my pedantic little comment because it reminded me of a "conflict" I had with a professor a while ago. I had written an article (on something extremely interesting, of course) in English and he said (himself Dutch) I should use "Firstly.. secondly.. thirdly.." instead of "First.. second.. third.." which I had written.
Now I happen to really hate the -ly version of these and told him it was just a matter of taste. He was not so good at that kind of dispute, also not so good at just googling it, and refused to let go of his high school creed that it has to be -ly.
I didn't change that part of the text and it did
negatively influence his judgment. 







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2006-08-09
Your Thusness, thou hast thusly written, yet in the sense of thus. I shall pardon thee, for like myself, thy mother tongue is Albion's not.