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Grouch of the Day - Reflexive pronouns
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30/01/2009 04:49:13
 
 
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>>>I think my favourite made-up word in English is 'Wellness'. What a stupid word. People go to wellness clinics I guess because they can't stand the thought of going to a health clinic.
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>>It's not so bad. Afterall, would you rather attend a Homeostasis Clinic instead? :o)
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>As long as we're on it, imho, the best real word in the English language is 'galoshes'. It's beautifully onomatopoeic, and I'd bet that even people who've never heard the word could probably figure out what they are.

And you canucks still wear them, eh? When I stayed on my cousin's farm there were always galoshes in the back porch.
- 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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