>>Tracy
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>>Way to go your bank!
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>>One thing that puzzles me: the strange, almost euphemistic expressions that come out of the USA:
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>>Eminent domain - I presume that is what we call compulsory purchase, but it sounds like someone's posh house on a hill.
>>Manifest destiny - What happens to a ship's list of cargo at the end of the voyage?
>>Extreme prejudice - kill anyone who's not like me?
>>Extraordinary rendition - a jolly good version of someone else's song?
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>Now you're giving me ideas for a new page on my website :)
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>Some day, they'll have an euphemism for euphemism. Just like they started curing hypochondria with placebos.

I thought these might wet your whistle! :-)