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Re: google trivia



On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 11:09:03AM -0500, Steven Leach wrote:
> It automatically eliminates any statement that might have been written 
> by a person of normal intelligence. Most people would not normally use 
> such phrases as "Linux rules, dude" or "yo, yo, Microsoft sucks dog."  
> Therefore, the results are no more valid than, say, a political poll 
> involving only Fox News viewers.

I think people's reactions to the phrase "x sucks" as "low language" is 
generational.  I vaguely remember hearing some news report recently 
about it.  It is through repeated use losing its original connotation of 
oral sex.  The english language changes.



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