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   Pip to Dale Houstman   
   Re: Practical magick.   
   02 Mar 05 14:31:47   
   
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   From: Aetyr@nc.rr.com   
      
   "Dale Houstman"  wrote in message   
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   >   
   > Rhyanon wrote:   
   > > Ooh, grammar lames, a sign of having no wit with which to do battle.   
   > >   
   >   
   > Ooh, magick, a sign of having no ability to deal with the world as it is.   
      
   Well, you forget that the "world" is not the same as it was only 50 years   
   ago.  Much less 300 years ago.  And the world that you tidily inhabit now,   
   will not be the same one 50 years from now, much less 300 years from now.   
   So expand your thinking.   
      
   Pip   
      
      
      
      
      
   >   
   > BTW: "wit" is made of language. If someone is so unfamiliar with the   
   > English language that they repeatedly use "your" in plae of "you're"   
   > then it is unlikely they know what wit is.   
   >   
   > Anyway, the word "grammar" is related to the word "glamor" and refers to   
   > spell-casting. It is well-known that if you can't get the words right,   
   > you either end up with nothing or you get eaten by Beelzebub's cousin.   
   >   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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