Always hated the acronyms LIHOP and MIHOP and refuse to use them

Catch22Dem

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Wed Aug-31-05 09:36 PM
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Always hated the acronyms LIHOP and MIHOP and refuse to use them

I can't get past the "on purpose" part. Such poor grammar. ;)

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wug37

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Wed Aug-31-05 09:38 PM
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1. Don't know what they mean

So what do they mean?

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seemslikeadream

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Wed Aug-31-05 09:43 PM
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5. LET IT HAPPEN ON PURPOSE

MADE IT HAPPEN ON PURPOSE

Have you ever been to the Sept. 11 forum?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=125
:hi:

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wug37

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Wed Aug-31-05 09:44 PM
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7. Thanks

No. Haven't been to that forum. I usually just browse the latest and greatest entries. But I'll check it out. Thanks.

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seemslikeadream

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Wed Aug-31-05 09:49 PM
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11. Watch for Paul Thompson name

He was just on CSPAN and he posts in that forum

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4538426

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Catch22Dem

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Wed Aug-31-05 09:43 PM
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6. Reference to government involvement in 9/11

Edited on Wed Aug-31-05 09:43 PM by Catch22Dem

Let It Happen On Purpose
Made It Happen On Purpose

I'd never use "on purpose" in conversation or in writing.

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blue sky at night

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Wed Aug-31-05 09:40 PM
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2. I get it...........

its a catch twenty-two situation, you have to use it in the subject line in order to deride it in the message line.

I just don't care for abbreviations, they make you feel "apart" from the clique and somehow "stupid" because you say to yourself, "WTF does that mean?"

BTW, this catch-22 stuff is infective.

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fob

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Wed Aug-31-05 09:41 PM
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3. LIHP or MIHP then? Let It Happen Purposefully?

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Catch22Dem

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Wed Aug-31-05 09:42 PM
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4. Exactly

Now, is that so wrong? :D

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fob

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Wed Aug-31-05 09:47 PM
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8. Are you gettin' LIHPy?

:evilgrin:

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Catch22Dem

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Wed Aug-31-05 09:52 PM
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13. Well, maybe a little

:evilgrin:

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Beam Me Up

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Wed Aug-31-05 09:48 PM
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9. Too late. That horse has been out of the barn for years. n/t

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alcibiades_mystery

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Wed Aug-31-05 09:48 PM
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10. Me too!!! "On purpose" sounds like that obnoxious 3rd grade girl

ratting you out to the teacher. It's a childish way to say "deliberately" or "intentionally," and I can't remember any adult I know using it, like, ever. And here is an entire board of adults using "on purpose" all the time! It's embarrassing, and I won't say it. I'll bet if you go back and look, the term "LIHOP" (which came first as I remember) was probably developed by a non-native English speaker who learned it as idiom. There was a German LIHOP enthusaist very early on, if I remember that, too...

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Cleita

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Wed Aug-31-05 09:52 PM
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12. Grammar aside, you can pronounce Lihop and Mihop.

It makes kind of cool code words. You can't do that with the grammatically correct version. You have to say each letter.

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alcibiades_mystery

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Wed Aug-31-05 09:56 PM
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14. Actually, LIHI or MIHI would be better acronyms

Let it Happen Intentionally (Lie-High)
Made it Happen Intentionally (My-High)

Just saying...

Also, MIHI would be more appropriate, since anyone who believes it is probably high...

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Catch22Dem

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Wed Aug-31-05 10:04 PM
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15. Those are good

Who gets to decide this shit anyway? I wasn't given a vote. :D

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