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Originally posted by Colin
To refer to something as something else is fine, unless it's directly conflicting with something else. By your logic, we could call the planet we live on THE UNIVERSE! Hey if everyone starts calling it that, IT MUST BE CORRECT! Wrong. The earth is NOT the universe. And the USA is NOT America. We can call it that for ease sure, but the fact is, it is simply NOT that.
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Nice in principle. Maybe the way you want the world to work, but it doesn't. Language is ambiguous and you have to often determine meaning from context.
When I say South Africa do I mean the country or Southern Africa?
When I say "pet", do I mean Playmate, dog, or the verb (to pet)?
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hahahaha... picking an arguement with Colin, is like trying to argue with a calculator. been there, dont that. never win.
good luck!
