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From: Orchid XP v8
Date: 28 Apr 2008 15:56:25
Message: <48162be9$1@news.povray.org>

Warp wrote:

>   Do you remember when "gay" was an innocent word and was the synonym for
> "happy"?

Once upon a time, Dick and Fanny were perfectly normal English names...

More oddly, once "wicked" meant something bad. Today, it means something 
good. (Numerous similar examples can be easily found.)

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