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 Post subject: Sic burn
PostPosted: Fri Dec 16, 2022 12:17 am 
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 Post subject: Sic burn
PostPosted: Fri Dec 16, 2022 12:32 am 
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 Post subject: Sic burn
PostPosted: Fri Dec 16, 2022 1:40 am 
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That was, indeed, a sick/sic burn.

"Be more original but copy how Superman flies" is his strongest point, though.

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 Post subject: Sic burn
PostPosted: Fri Dec 16, 2022 6:03 am 
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Why didn't he (or they) sic. 'lick a sick horse'? Was he actually exhorting them to use their tongues on a stallion? Or did he miss a trick with the sic.?


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PostPosted: Fri Dec 16, 2022 12:41 pm 
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Wow, and that was before the internet, too.

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 Post subject: Sic burn
PostPosted: Fri Dec 16, 2022 12:47 pm 
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Evans wrote:
Why didn't he (or they) sic. 'lick a sick horse'? Was he actually exhorting them to use their tongues on a stallion? Or did he miss a trick with the sic.?

Both things seem equally plausible. We'll never know for sure.

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