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Linguistic Pet Peeves

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10-17-2004 6:58 AM 		Reply to: Message 1 by Rrhain
10-17-2004 6:46 AM

This is not really the same thing but.....
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People always bring up the story of King Canute trying to turn the tide as an example of madness/pride/vainity. By doing so they entirely miss the point of the story.
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