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10/12/2008 04:53:55
 
 
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08/12/2008 16:00:33
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Politics
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>>The distinction between "May I" and "Can I", which generations of parents and teachers have striven to drum into kids, has long ago been obscured. Why, my eldest was wont to say "Please may you get me a glass of milk?" which I found cute. :-)
>
>My 10-year-old nephew demonstrated to me the other night that he knows the difference between "can" and "may.'
>
>Tamar

I'd say "congrats" then, with a hint of sarcasm :-)
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
- Worry is the interest you pay, in advance, for a loan that you may never need to take out.
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