Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/13
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On 13 May 99, 793582 wrote, at least in part:
> >Leon,
> >>go forth (into "LUG-space"?) in a spirit of polite, positive and
> >>rational discourse!
> >Do you know the meaning of the words: "fat chance" ??? <gr>
> If a slim chance is indicative of long odds, I would assume that a fat
> chance is indicative of short odds or even possibly of an odds on
> chance..!
Great! Here's a guy (girl?) with numbers for a name pointing out
the lack of logic and continuity in the English language. Problem is
that he/she/it is correct!
Wadaya say, Dick, shall we ask our British cousins to explain, to
our satisfaction, the derivation of their term, "Public School"?
They sure seem private to me.
Common language...fat chance!
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Roger
mailto:roger@beamon.org
Thought for the day:
The hardness of butter is proportional
to the softness of the bread.