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Do we need a better concept than species?

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crashfrog
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08-06-2005 9:50 PM 		Reply to: Message 65 by Theus
08-06-2005 7:22 PM

Re: Species as a functional term... not descriptive
(hey, since when did "google" become a verb?)
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English is a positional language, so basically, you can verb any noun. (oo, like I just did.)
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crashfrog
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08-08-2005 5:21 PM 		Reply to: Message 69 by Theus
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Re: Verb a noun
Crashfrog, that is quite possibly the coolest sentence I have ever read.
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Self-referential grammar is pretty awesome.
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