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Old 02-09-2006, 10:00 AM
MysticCat MysticCat is offline
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Originally posted by Dianne
Or, as it was put to me in my freshman year of college by one of my fraternity friends, "Don't call my fraternity a frat. Do I call this country a ..." Well, you get it.
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Yes, lame as it is, we get it. Don't want to say "frat"? Fine, don't say it. Think it sounds disrespectful or carries negative connotations? Say so and don't use it. But since "frat" is not an obscenity, leave this stupid, stupid comparison out of it.

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