[Campaigns-l] Some Thoughts
Stephen Abbott
nhprman at comcast.net
Tue Jul 11 23:04:50 UTC 2006
ah.
Still, an interesting observation. Though perhaps the MP has a point -
hardly a riveting issue to be taking note of.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lord Voldemort" <lordbishopvoldemort at gmail.com>
To: <campaigns-l at wikia.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Campaigns-l] Some Thoughts
> On 7/11/06, nhprman at comcast.net <nhprman at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > What's really interesting is that the MP complaining about the site
notes
> > that the Website says the leader of the Opposition in the UK has used
the
> > phrase "She sells seashells" 208 times in debate in the last year. And
> > apparently, 118 MPs used the phrase MORE OFTEN.
> >
> > What the...?
> >
> > I want to know the CONTEXT of those comments. Is this a common phrase in
the
> > UK?
>
> Actually, "She sells seashells" is just an example of what they were
> looking for (i.e. three-word alliterative phrases). So it could be she
> sells seashells, but it also counts something like "discarding
> doubling debts" etc. But I see the confusion. HTH --LV
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