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Subject: [at-l] colouring
From: jbullar1 at twcny.rr.com (Jim Bullard)
Date: Thu May 19 18:30:32 2005
In-reply-to: <428D046B.3080109@smithville.net>

At 04:26 PM 5/19/2005 -0500, Felix wrote:
>How come when you want something to be whiter, you 'whiten' it. Like 
>toothpaste will whiten teeth. And, if you want something blacker, you 
>'blacken' it. Like some fish are 'blackened'. But, you never hear of 
>someone wanting their lawn to 'greenen'. Or, when the sky clears, it 
>hasn't 'blueened'.  I'm just wondering.
>--
>Felix J. McGillicuddy

Are you really asking us why colloquial English doesn't make sense? How 
long you been in this country?

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- [at-l] colouring
  - From: AThiker at smithville.net (Felix)

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