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Re: English-language cliches and such.

by tinwhistler <ozziemaland@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Apr 19, 2008 at 11:12 AM

On Apr 19, 9:57 am, Joe <useful_in...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> http://home.comcast.net/~plutarch/cliches.html

Three entries on the list seem, to me, to have a little political
spin:

war on terror = [nonsense expression i.e. euphemism since war =
terror]
war broke out = [as if it was contained]
9/11 heroes = [hyperbole] 9/11 victims
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Aloha ~~~ Ozzie Maland ~~~ San Diego
 




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English-language cliches and such.
Joe <useful_infos@[EMA  2008-04-19 09:57:19 
Re: English-language cliches and such.
tinwhistler <ozziemala  2008-04-19 11:12:10 
Re: English-language cliches and such.
"Adrian Bailey"  2008-04-19 19:28:42 

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