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Perry Winkle · 03-20-2007, 09:57 PM

I think the whole "You're an X? Do you know Y that is also an X?" thing is just a way to find common ground for conversation. I'm sure I could look it up in one of my socio-linguistics books, but I'm not going to get all geeky...

03-20-2007, 09:57 PM	#3
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	I think the whole "You're an X? Do you know Y that is also an X?" thing is just a way to find common ground for conversation. I'm sure I could look it up in one of my socio-linguistics books, but I'm not going to get all geeky...