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That bit in the Railway Children when Jenny Agutter says "Daddy! My Daddy!". Gets me every time. I am 48 years old.

(, Thu 7 Aug 2014, 14:51)
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It's fewer important than some things in life, I'll give you that.

(, Tue 12 Aug 2014, 16:26, 1 reply)
read this if you want, or not, i couldn't care fewer
itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003775.html
(, Tue 12 Aug 2014, 16:32, closed)
I've read this before.
The author of this piece admits after arguing his case at length, that the genitive case was in use, making translation less than exact and thus his argument invalid.

Or should that be "fewer than exact"?
(, Tue 12 Aug 2014, 16:53, closed)
i don't think there's a rule that captures it adequately, in some instances it's interchangeable
but yeah blah blah go fuck yourself or something
(, Tue 12 Aug 2014, 16:59, closed)
Ima do dat now.

(, Tue 12 Aug 2014, 17:20, closed)
How was it?

(, Thu 14 Aug 2014, 3:06, closed)
I'm not done yet.

(, Thu 14 Aug 2014, 4:17, closed)
I tilt my fedora
in your direction.
(, Fri 15 Aug 2014, 2:58, closed)

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