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Re: OT: The greetings problem (Re: Never violate a universal unless it seems like a good idea at the time)

From:Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...>
Date:Saturday, September 6, 2003, 0:15
--- "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...> wrote:

> The more important point was that it's only > used for "hello", > never for "good-bye". :)
Except in online forums, where it is particularly common for ESL users of the medium. Unusual, perhaps, but certainly better than inanities like "BB4NOW~:)" and similar! Padraic. ===== Samlan, isa-susansilo-war-mercumo crastandus, en! mercumes-don-crâgamando, en! mercumes-dom-resmanstaro haccruçen-fon-Mursilbâm! And now, the corpse lies limp, lo! even the body of strength, lo! even the body of Mursilbâm that slew the monster! [Erronian fragment] -- Come visit The World! -- <http://www.geocities.com/hawessos/> .

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