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From: agz@pucc-k (Andrew Banta)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Please explain this
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Date: Sat, 13-Oct-84 10:51:45 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct 13 10:51:45 1984
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> I don't want to unintentionally offend anyone, so I ask for clarification
> of the following expression which I often see on the net.  When somebody
> says that XYZ is "THE Indiana University", is this a compliment or an
> insult?

This all depends on hwere you're looking at it from. If you live IN and
are from Indiana (in most cases) you would think it was a compliment. Of
course the out-of-staters realize that it is, in fact, and insult. :-)


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