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Thread ID: 87838 2008-03-05 22:19:00 New M$ operating system kenj (9738) PC World Chat
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646758 2008-03-06 12:17:00 If it's M$, it's the same old same old. Fortunately it's not compulsory (Whew!)

Apparently somebody didn't miss WMG; got him / her / it right between the little beady eyes and shut it/her/him right up.:angry
R2x1 (4628)
646759 2008-03-06 19:28:00 A legend !
Misty :cool:

...for all the wrong reasons! :ban
wratterus (105)
646760 2008-03-09 14:49:00 A legend !

Wikipedia says -

A legend (Latin, legenda, "things to be read") is a narrative of human actions that are perceived both by teller and listeners to take place within human history and to possess certain qualities that give the tale verisimilitude. Legend, for its active and passive participants, includes no happenings that are outside the realm of "possibility", defined by a highly flexible set of parameters, which may include miracles that are perceived as actually having happened, within the specific tradition of indoctrination where the legend arises, and within which it may be transformed over time, in order to keep it fresh and vital, and realistic.

A legend is a story, that is probably about someone that did exist but has been twisted to seem more interesting and fascinating. This story is passed down generation to generation.

A modern folklorist's professional definition of legend was proposed by Timothy R. Tangherlini in 1990:[1]

Legend, typically, is a short (mono-) episodic, traditional, highly ecotypified[2] historicized narrative performed in a conversational mode, reflecting on a psychological level a symbolic representation of folk belief and collective experiences and serving as a reaffirmation of commonly held values of the group to whose tradition it belongs."

I rest my case
Misty :illogical
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