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Its ok with me. Whats a fundamentalist? :)<br>
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From: David Skolnik <davidskolnik@optonline.net><br>
To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br>
Sent: Tue, May 22, 2012 5:28 pm<br>
Subject: Re: [pianotech] "Tune your Go#h D##n Piano!"<br>
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Thank you David. I am on the verge of adopting this usage. It
will feel like an affectation for a while, but eventually, like the
euro-seven (7 with a line through the stem) that I took on as a youth, it
will work itself into my DNA. I just hope it's OK with the
fundamentalists.<br>
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David S<br>
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At 01:02 PM 5/22/2012, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite" class="cite">Yes it does, just about!
But I was quoting a fairly well-known expression in UK English, "To
call a spade a ruddy shovel"; to speak robustly to how things
are. A tad more vigorous than calling a spade a spade.....<br>
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Best,<br>
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David.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" class="cite">David B, does 'ruddy'
represent the frontier of your on-line expletive usage?
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