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Interesting:

colubra

3/7/04 11:06 am

Main Entry: mar·riage
Pronunciation: 'mer-ij, 'ma-rij
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English mariage, from Anglo-French, from marier to marry
1 a (1) : the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law (2) : the state of being united to a person of the same sex in a relationship like that of a traditional marriage (same-sex marriage) b : the mutual relation of married persons : WEDLOCK c : the institution whereby individuals are joined in a marriage
2 : an act of marrying or the rite by which the married status is effected; especially : the wedding ceremony and attendant festivities or formalities
3 : an intimate or close union (the marriage of painting and poetry -- J. T. Shawcross)

So apparently, GWB knows more about the english language than Merriam-Webster, now?

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  • colubra

    3/7/04 11:25 am (UTC)

    

    how quickly I forget. Thanks. :)

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• digitalsidhe

  3/7/04 01:31 pm (UTC)

  

  > an intimate or close union (the marriage of painting and poetry -- J. T. Shawcross)
  
  Well, then painting and poetry had damn well better be of opposite sexes, or there's going to be Hell to pay!
  

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• 4thwall

  3/8/04 08:05 am (UTC)

  

  "Damn them liberal dictionary type people! They're the terrorists of the books!"
  
  What'd be interesting to know is when that appeared in the dictionary definition.

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  • colubra

    3/8/04 08:48 am (UTC)

    

    I definitely think that they went out of their way to calmly not support our Idiot-In-Chief, yeah. 'is OUR Definition of marriage what he says it is? It IS? Shit, let's fix that.'

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• willowisp

  3/8/04 12:35 pm (UTC)

  

  So apparently, GWB knows more about the english language than Merriam-Webster, now?
  
  Well, of course. In the US Governor's own little world he is a legitimate president, God made the environment for his friends to plow under and grow money trees, and alcoholism isn't drug abuse. Of course in that little world his English will mean exactly what he wants it to mean.

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  lilchiva

  3/9/04 01:11 am (UTC)

  

  This is for you

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