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Subject: [OM] Re: OT language stuff again - was Re: Re: Film media article
From: ClassicVW@xxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 17:12:58 EST
Was it the stand-up comic George Carlin who had the routine- "Why is it when 
you send something by truck it's called a 'shipment',? And when you send it by 
ship it's called 'cargo'?"  "Why do you park your car in a "driveway" and 
drive your car on the "parkway"?

George S.

 piers@xxxxxxxx writes:
On Feb 18, 2004, at 10:02 AM, Roger Wesson wrote:

> And... if train station is an abomination, do you also object to 'bus 
> station'?

You sly devil.

Winsor
Long Beach, California
USA


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