On Friday, December 27, 2013 10:10:00 AM UTC-5, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Dec 2013 18:58:18 -0800 (PST), Kalmia
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> > Not food related, but why do so many preachers love that redundancy "widow woman"?
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> Do they call men widows too?

As far as I know, there is no parable dealing with widowers. : ))
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> > PIN number gets me too.
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> I think that harkens from the days when most people were unfamiliar
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> with PINs, so the gentle reminder was to say "number" rather than
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> explain what it is for the millionth time. I don't hear that
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> redundancy anymore, so maybe the people who live in your area are at
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> the other end of the learning curve.


"What's a bank account?" Sad.