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Tautologism?

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PrettyCandles · 14/03/2008 22:59

"legal legislation"

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Califrau · 14/03/2008 23:05

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RosaIsRed · 14/03/2008 23:23

Quite.

PrettyCandles · 14/03/2008 23:25

I thank you.

(We need an "I'm a snob and I know it" icon.)

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themildmanneredjanitor · 14/03/2008 23:26

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Mercy · 14/03/2008 23:28

'reversing back'

Isn't it tautology?(am no pedant so am prepared to be told otherwise)

Bink · 14/03/2008 23:36

I theeenk PC was being amusing there, with the ism?

It's not completely exactly a pedantry point, and it's more a moral tautology than a semantic one, but dh & I collect [ponces that we are] examples of things like those ads for ambulance-chasing solicitors which make a point of solemnly announcing "All lawyers authorised by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority".

I think it started with one for a pawn-brokers that said "guaranteed honest valuations".

Mercy · 14/03/2008 23:40

Bink, you and your dh are a bit bonkers.

But I laaike you.

PrettyCandles · 14/03/2008 23:43

You do me too much credit, Bink.

Not deliberate, just groggism. Ds had me up at 3am, 4am and 5am last night. (Are the 'am's acceptable there TMMJ?)

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Mercy · 14/03/2008 23:52

PC, I'm with you.

dd was vomiting from 2am Wednesday until 5pm yesterday. Ds also wet the bed.

I'm really tired (moan moan)

PrettyCandles · 14/03/2008 23:54

So why are we still up?

I'll race you! Can you get to bed before midnight?

Ready, steady - gone!

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anorak · 14/03/2008 23:56

"new innovations"

Mercy · 14/03/2008 23:57

lol! This is my 'me time'!!!

I rarely come on MN on Friday night - is it always this quiet?

ps. I have a rotten cold too.

Ledodgy · 14/03/2008 23:58

This is why I hardly venture into this topic it makes me feel thick.

Threadworm · 15/03/2008 20:40

But laws can be judged illegal accoring to some higher legal standard -- eg the US Constitution or Bill of Rights, or, in UK, human rights legislation, etc.

PrettyCandles · 15/03/2008 22:38

But doesn't legislation refer to rules that are specifically legal (eg the manner in which guns may be carried), rather than, say, relating to conforming (eg rules on how to wear a uniform)?

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