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I must say, I'd never heard of the BBC page, "Ouch!" and found it
entertaining and useful. I've added it to my bookmarks. :)
Kat
On Oct 20, 2005, at 6:18 PM, Deri James wrote:
> On Thursday 20 Oct 2005 20:38, Kat wrote:
>
>> Unless this is a completely new slang term coined by young
>> teenagers --
>> entirely a possibility -- this is news to me. I've *never* heard
>> 'spazz'
>> used in any other way than derrogatory.
>>
>> I've left a post over at the BBC site telling them so. ;)
>>
>> Kat
>>
>>
>
> I suspect the adage "all publicity is good publicity" is operating
> here.
>
> Build a new wheelchair, give it a name that'll stir up a hornets
> nest among
> your target customers, put out PR that you're somehow a thin-skinned
> fuddy-duddy just to object to a name, its a cool chair!!
>
> Quite clever business really, it'll probably still fail though,
> people really
> aren't that gullible.
>
> Cheers
>
> Deri
>
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