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   Debra Dee McQueen Freeman to wordy...@gmail.com   
   Re: Nukes and such   
   18 Aug 17 23:09:26   
   
   From: dfreemans@live.com   
      
   On Friday, August 18, 2017 at 8:15:04 AM UTC-4, wordy...@gmail.com wrote:   
      
   > ALL THOU CANCEROUS.   
   > OH, US? ALL-OUT CANCER!   
   >   
   > ALAS ON CRUEL TOUCH?   [Hitting the RED BUTTON!]   
   > NEO CULTURAL CHAOS.   
   >   
   > These are depressingly apt.   
      
   Ha!   
      
   > was the US in the second one us or U.S.? :-|   
   >   
   > I might suggest a re-ordering of the words in the first one to THOU, ALL   
   CANCEROUS.   
   > THOU is a second person singular meaning YOU (i.e. it means 'you' but only   
   when it is referring to one specific person rather than say addressing a   
   group). What I am getting at is ALL THOU doesn't make logical sense whereas   
   ALL CANCEROUS does.   
   >   
   > anyway. On that happy thought - have a nice day :-)   
      
   Ha!   
      
   > Chris   
      
   Yes, I thought it most interesting too   
   that cancer and cancerous were available.   
      
   No, I recognized that U S could be presented   
   as U.S. in a number of available transpositions   
   but did not want to even think same!   
      
   YOU can address an individual or a group,   
   and since THOU means YOU, I put it   
   ALL THOU CANCEROUS meaning   
   ALL YOU CANCEROUS, no less than saying   
   ALL YOU MAIDENS or   
   ALL YOU SMART ONES or   
   ALL YOU (WHATEVER GROUP), in this instance   
   the group being the result of the nuclear bomb.   
      
   Thanks for the reply.   
      
   Cheers.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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