Re: THEORY: Storage Vs. Computation
| From: | Joe Mondello <rugpretzel@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, June 16, 1999, 5:19 |
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In a message dated 6/16/99 12:52:29 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
fortytwo@UFL.EDU writes:
<< Probably by association with sit/sat. The first time I'd ever heard it
was in Trainspotting, which made me think it was a Scoticism. >>
I know a few people who now exclusively use "shite" because Irvine Welsh
novels. I think they use it because a) it's different and b) they can use it
in politer conversation, because it doesn't carry a real connotation as a
curse (yet).
pacs precs
Joe Mondello