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Valentia actually made a good point, mon ami. And she did fire him. Don't know if she got another lawyer.

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No.

Step No. 1 Fire insane lawyer. Step No. 2. Seek psychiatric help (optional). In that order.

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'trix DGAF, although... was anything untrue printed? I think not.

your move, Klayman

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but mort shuman was so awesome! (he was often on tv when i was a kid).

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Thanks!

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Try "one" for the singular.

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If none of them catch on, I'm sure that grammar Nazis will shove their favorite down everyone else's throats.

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And then we can rewrite all previous English texts to protect everyone. Otherwise people in the future will haz a confuze.

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Y'all and all y'all and their possessive forms work pretty well.

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Way FEWER people. Please. People are quantifiable rather than measurable. This is, after all, a grammar discussion.

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Vietnamese has an unusual take on this. About a dozen different personal pronouns depending on gender, familial relation, relative ages, degree of honorability, degree of familiarity and several other factors. Children and animals have one to themselves. 'Cho' in front pluralizes them.

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My neighborhood is about 90% Chicano. Everyone I've asked thinks Latinx is a joke. Pronounced la-TINKS by most when they read it.

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The 'carta de muerto' is an old tradition around here. Some people use them as yard decorations. They look cute around the Holidays when they're covered with luminarias.

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If doormats gave blowjobs there'd be a lot fewer marriages and a lot more doormats. Just sayin'.

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Oiling taints, I presume.

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One of the problems that guns were invented to solve.

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