<div dir="auto">And now he's in my killfile too.<div dir="auto"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 26, 2020, 10:46 AM Nick Moffitt <<a href="mailto:nick@zork.net">nick@zork.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I would prefer not to receive any further correspondence from you, Texx.<br>
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On 26Mar2020 10:31am (-0700), Texx wrote:<br>
> We have a LOT of words we dont need, many originating in the ebonics<br>
> dialect and apparently resistance to adopt ebonic words into the mainstream<br>
> has become a racist act.<br>
> Its this excessive political correctness that brought the Cretin in Chief<br>
> to power.<br>
> <br>
> And very soon, I am going to be forced to appologize for calling him a<br>
> cretin.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 2:31 AM Nick Moffitt <<a href="mailto:nick@zork.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">nick@zork.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> > On 25Mar2020 04:26pm (+0000), <a href="mailto:paulz@ieee.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">paulz@ieee.org</a> wrote:<br>
> > >Â While we are correcting math misconceptions, the word "decimate" has<br>
> > been widely used in recent years and the original meaning greatly<br>
> > distorted.  Decimate has the same root word as "decimal".<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Decimation was a draconian punishment of a unit in the Roman army. 1<br>
> > out of 10 solders in the unit was executed.  Details at:<br>
> > <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimation_(Roman_army)" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimation_(Roman_army)</a><br>
> ><br>
> > I forget who originally said it, but it was certainly someone very wise:<br>
> ><br>
> >Â Â Â Â Â "Does the English language really *need* a word meaning 'destroy<br>
> > one-tenth of'?"<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
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> <br>
> R "Texx" Woodworth<br>
> Sysadmin, E-Postmaster, IT Molewhacker<br>
> "Face down, 9 edge 1st, roadkill on the information superdata highway..."<br>
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