As long as the term "obenned" were to be pejorative. It would be
wrong to perpetuate the name with any sort of praise implied, as we
do with Doris, that clever lady.
Chris
At 10:13 +0100 20/08/01, Ian A. Nichols wrote:
On Sat, 18 Aug 2001, andrew fildes wrote:
Now - as the term Fang has become part of the list-speak, should we also
incorporate the term Oben in a similiar way?
Or we could claim to have
been 'obened' when someone makes a completely unwarranted or scurrilous
accusation - "I will not be obened like this..."
OK, but in the good old British tradition we'll have to use a double-n
to make the past participle, otherwise it will be just too easy.
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