"Cheryl" > wrote in message
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> On 8/20/2012 7:58 PM, Christopher M. wrote:
>> "l, not -l" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> <snip> Just as most who use the word awesome have no clue about what
>>> is truly awesome, most who talk about artisan bread have never seen or
>>> tasted it.
>>
>> Sounds like a famous quote.
>>
>
> My dad once used the word awful in a sort of speech and explained why he
> used it in the context in which he did. He said the origin of the word is
> "full of awe" so that isn't a bad thing. It made people think. Because
> when he said what he referred to that was full of awe as awful, people
> didn't get it. He was an amazing man.

Makes me think of the word "terrific"


W. Pooh (AKA Winnie P.)