1. SubscriberPonderable
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    14 Oct '15 14:48
    Originally posted by FMF
    If you use the euphemism "birthday suit", doesn't that make the word "naked" redundant?

    This strikes me as the thread on which to raise this.
    Thread 165955
  2. Standard memberGrampy Bobby
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    14 Oct '15 14:561 edit
    Originally posted by FMF
    If you use the euphemism "birthday suit", doesn't that make the word "naked" redundant?

    This strikes me as the thread on which to raise this.
    Generally speaking, of course; though this genteel euphemism harks back to an earlier and gentler time when life itself was simpler because it was less preoccupied with detail. In this context, the word "naked" is employed for comic relief emphasis, nothing less nor more.

    Thanks for your informed reply.
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    14 Oct '15 16:10
    Originally posted by divegeester
    Explain this phenomena, if you can.
    What phenomenon (note singular)?
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    14 Oct '15 16:12
    Originally posted by Shallow Blue
    What phenomenon (note singular)?
    Note the singular? (note the definite article)
  5. Standard memberDukeOfEuphony
    player of the violin
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    14 Oct '15 18:20
    Originally posted by divegeester
    Explain this phenomena, if you can.
    what happened to it?
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