<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 11/7/2002 6:38:33 PM Eastern Standard Time, xephyr@cwnet.com writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">At least here in the USA, the word (if it can be called that) is merely a<BR>
"sound effect" and relates only to the supposed sound something makes when,<BR>
for instance, a rock is dropped into water. Maybe in another country it<BR>
means something else, but it is not an offensive term/word in the USA.<BR>
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it is also internet speak for adding someone to your mail reader killfile<BR>
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steven rowe</FONT></HTML>