Re: Humor in England: was Re: TO R.T. Edwards

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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 00:00

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rte@elmo.lz.att.com (Ralph T. Edwards) wrote:
>In article <4g09bs$f8m@castle.nando.net>, dgary@nando.net (D Gary Grady) wrote:
>
>> Anyone who thinks Britain morose and humo(u)rless...
>
>I'm not sure who (if anyone) these comments are directed to, but since my
>name is in the title, I'd like to say, for the record, that I used neither
>of these words.  Rafael reinterpreted my words to include morose, and as
>near as I can tell, no one used humorless, certainly I didn't.  My
>comments were aimed at one rather cranky poster, and were intended
>playfully.
>

Rafael reinterpreted your statement "JOYLESS" to include "morose and humourless". I don't know about you, but in the context of the =
statement and the mail it sound like a pretty good comparison i.e.
defn: JOYLESS;=MOROSE=HUMOURLESS.

Bismarck
>-- 
>R.T.Edwards rte@elmo.att.com 908 576-3031

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Subject: Re: Humor in England: was Re: TO R.T. Edwards
Date: 1996/02/16
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