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On 4/23/17, 5:08 PM, in article op.yy6aobmdjs98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson
Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 01:06:35 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 4/23/17, 5:04 PM, in article op.yy6ag70ejs98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson
>> Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>> 
>>>>>>> I would have said "that should be 'everyone should think for
>>>>>>> himself.' " <vbg>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I might not have his wording exact (this was in, I think, 1998)...
>>>>> 
>>>>> I know. I suspected that. <g>
>>>> 
>>>> Actually 1988. Not 1998. Only a decade off. :)
>>>> 
>>>>>> and,
>>>>>> really, "themselves" has been used that way for generations.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Yes, I know that too. And there are those who argue that that's the
>>>>> way it should be.  But to an old fuddy-duddy like me, it's simply
>>>>> wrong.
>>>> 
>>>> It took me a while to accept it, but I still cringe when I hear people
>>>> pronounce the "t" in "often". Used to be that was considered a no-no... but
>>>> it is done so often it is now accepted.
>>> 
>>> Only heard the T in very upper class people.  It annoys me a lot.
>> 
>> Where I am most people pronounce the T.
> 
> What country are you in?

USA, in Arizona.

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