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Link Posted: 12/14/2002 10:50:46 AM EDT
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Impact is NOT a verb!
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Au contraire, mon frere.

From [url]www.m-w.com[/url]
Main Entry: 1 im·pact
Pronunciation: im-'pakt
Function: verb
Etymology: Latin impactus, past participle of impingere to push against -- more at IMPINGE
Date: 1601
transitive senses
1 a : to fix firmly by or as if by packing or wedging b : to press together
2 a : to have an impact on : impinge on b : to strike forcefully; also : to cause to strike forcefully
intransitive senses
1 : to have an impact
2 : to impinge or make contact especially forcefully
- im·pac·tive  /im-'pak-tiv/ adjective
- im·pac·tor also im·pact·er  /-t&r/ noun
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That does it!

Now I'm going to have to committ ritual suicide from the embarassment.




Although - your french suggests to me that you may in fact be a Canadien, eh?  - which means you cannot be trusted!  [:D]
Link Posted: 12/14/2002 10:59:35 AM EDT
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You calling me Canadian? French-Canadian? Uh-oh, they's guh be trubba nah!

Furthermore, my trustworthiness (or lack thereof) has nothing to do with my nationality; much more to do with my breeding.
Link Posted: 12/14/2002 3:40:42 PM EDT
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                    UN-Thaw
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