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Thanks to simbosan for the idea
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 13:13)
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Boris has it right.Normalcy as a word is far older than the Americas themselves. Well the countries anyway.
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jim_bob can herd cats., Thu 8 Apr 2010, 13:58,
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may be true....but it was not in everday use until, as i understand it, the President at the time used in a speech, now they just can't stop saying it, as if it's normal(ity)
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real i'm not happy 'til you're not happy, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 14:57,
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It's used in the UK......mainly in the sense of religious/political orthodoxy, but often used in the US in place of just normality', so I guess it is sort of an Americanism as the old-fashioned English use isn't how most people use it nowadays
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In the USI'm in the US, and I must say that I've heard 'normality' a lot more than 'normalcy' - 'normalcy' just sounds.... weird. Can we blame this one someone else, please? Perhaps the French.
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