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Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way. This is a special case of the more general truth that Language Weirds.
Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is in the wrong. There is no other time.
The church says Earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence in a shadow than the church.
If we can't find Heaven, there are always bluejays.
Ginger Rogers was a wonderful dancer, but I'm tired of the automatic response to any invocation of Fred Astaire that implies she was better than he was or that he's just famous because he's a man, or whatever that "backwards and in high heels" is supposed to mean. Let's never forget that she never did anything like this:
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I used to teach Russian and Ukrainian, and some basic English, to civil servants. Now I teach Russian at a local continued-learning institute. I dabble in Gaelic and Welsh. I'm am amateur photographer and I love birding (in a small way). I'm a Progressive, and a Freethinker, and I know Evolution is a fact - that's FCD, Friend of Charles Darwin (look down the sidebar). I read a lot, and follow women's college basketball. Also I love astronomy, though I'm a rank amateur at it. Most of all, I like living in the reality-based community...
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At 11:13 AM, June 10, 2014
Picky had this to say...
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<-- Older Post ^ Home Newer Post -->That's strange, because I've never heard anyone say that about Ginger. I've just heard people say she wasn't really much of a dancer, but was carried by Fred. Equally nonsense, of course. Fact is she was a good singer and a very good dancer, and they made a fantastically good couple: but Fred was a genius.
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