In a message dated 12/12/2003 9:52:51 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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there is no reason to cheapen the high level of discourse here by using
barnyard vulgarism
Sir:

You have made a common (which is to say vulgar) error in taking a technical
term widely accepted and understood within the construction industry (and as I
understand it, other industries, as well as the legal and medical
fraternities) for a common barnyard epithet.

Ralph