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Old 09-06-2015, 02:32 AM #8
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Originally Posted by Rorkimaru View Post
With the diversity and flexibility of the English language why limit ourselves to a pedestrian vernacular. Synonyms and colloquialisms are where text gets colour.
By all means call a sofa a couch, but calling trousers pants when pants mean underwear is all very confusing!
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