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Damsel
 
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Michel Boucher said:

>Damsel > wrote in
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>
>>>>> But no one here (or actually anywhere else in the world) says
>>>>> "going to kawlidge" when they mean they are entering university
>>>>> level education. If they use that expression, it usually means
>>>>> that they are a. USAian and/or b. entering a trade school (i.e.
>>>>> Algonquin College in Ottawa, Saint-Lawrence College...). So,
>>>>> you can imagine how dumb you would all look if we didn't know
>>>>> you actually meant something other than trade school when you
>>>>> say "kawlidge".
>>>>
>>>> I like you, Michel. No lie. BUT ...
>>>>
>>>> Why do you think you're so damned superior to people in the
>>>> United States?
>>>
>>>Who said I thought we were anything? Read what I said.


Okay, there's no, "we," here. I was talking to one individual. You.

>> I did.

>
>Ok, suit yourself. Obviously, you're working from a foregone
>conclusion.


Okay, I see how this game is played. You didn't make a statement that you
feel superior, so I'm supposed to ignore the indirect signs that you do.

If you had simply written, "college," instead of, "kawlidge," we wouldn't
be having this discussion.

Carol

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