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meirman - 30 Jan 2004 03:28 GMT

They used the word "shambles" twice tonight in one tv show.
Coincidences are fun.

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Robert Lieblich - 30 Jan 2004 03:48 GMT

> They used the word "shambles" twice tonight in one tv show.

Which show? Which character? What context?

> Coincidences are fun.

Naked quotations aren't.

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meirman - 30 Jan 2004 12:02 GMT

In alt.english.usage on Thu, 29 Jan 2004 22:48:12 -0500 Robert
Lieblich <Robert.Lieblich@Verizon.net> posted:

>> They used the word "shambles" twice tonight in one tv show.
>
>Which show? Which character? What context?

Roughly, "My life is a shambles". The same sentence was used twice,
part of a script from an infomerical for a self-help program, on the
show, "Without a Trace".

>> Coincidences are fun.
>
>Naked quotations aren't.

Sorry. My point was only that there was a coincidence, not that the
usage on tv was of any significance.

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