Subj : 2:280/1141
To   : JACK YATES
From : FOXY FERGUSON
Date : Tue Jun 12 2001 01:04 am

On <06/11/01> you wrote:

RC>> While we are on the subject of language, "prolly" is not a word
RC>> people.  A simple set of mispellings of a word is far better than the
RC>> bastardization of the language with such gross abandon.

JY> I shall willingly take credit for the creation of the word
JY> "Prolly", and "Gummint" as well, having initiated trheir
JY> usage in 1994.

Naaa, Jack... ya just elevated them from rural Southern speach
and introduced 'em to the denizens of cyberspace.

Well, maybe ya do deserve credit for "prolly" but I ain't so
sure 'bout "gummint".........

JY> I am also trying to reintroduce the semicolon [;] into
JY> general usage by the masses, bith high and low.

Hell's bells, Jack. Most of 'em don't even know how to use a
comma, let alone a semicolon.....

;-)
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