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Joe, I will like to tell you that I hardly meet people that use "Maiden" instead of "First". Remembering English 101 and professional interviewing format, my lecturers always advice to simplify the use of English and make yourself clearer to your listeners. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@PlutaBrothers.com> To: <midrange-l@midrange.com> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 12:50 PM Subject: RE: Great Free Software! > From: Dare @ Work > > maid·en Pronunciation Key (mdn) > n. > > An unmarried girl or woman. > A virgin. > A machine resembling the guillotine, used in Scotland in the 16th and 17th > centuries to behead criminals. > Sports. > A racehorse that has never won a race. > A maiden over. Dare, in modern American English, "maiden" is used far more often to mean "first" than its older definition of "virgin". The older definition has fallen out of use here. Joe _______________________________________________ This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
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