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Old 12-27-2012, 08:03 AM   #269
Trilby
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Originally Posted by Undertoad View Post
I now resent the word, because it comes from ignorance. If you don't know the real word for something, you have this substitute word you can use without admitting you don't know the real word.
If you don't know the word for the thing how on earth would you know if it needed a remote?

Or are remotes some sort of status symbol among your clientele?

"I here gots me a genuine imitation diamond ring; and it's got a remote!"
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