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Hey, Crazzy, I'm afraid your thread has taken on a bit of a life of its own.  Don't worry, I'm sure it'll quiet down before it's time for you to revive it.  

In the meantime, I'd like to give you a tiny little language lesson, if you don't mind.  

"and etc." is redundant, because "etc." is short for the Latin phrase "et cetera", "et" meaning "and" -- so "and etc." would be "and and cetera".  A, B, C, D, etc. is correct. 

Tangent:  "Et" is also where we get the "&" (ampersand) from.  "Et" literally mutated in people's handwriting until it looked like that. 


I hope you don't mind all this.  I know English isn't your native tongue, but you'll never know you're wrong unless someone tells you, right?  <i>I</i> wouldn't want to be making mistakes if I could help it. 



Tag (courtesy of fkusumot): "Please feel free -- nay, I encourage you -- to offer rebuttal."
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My advice to fanboys: Brag about stuff that's true, not about stuff that's false. Predict stuff that's likely, not stuff that's unlikely. You will be happier, and we will be happier.

"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts." - Sen. Pat Moynihan
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The old smileys: ; - ) : - ) : - ( : - P : - D : - # ( c ) ( k ) ( y ) If anyone knows the shortcut for , let me know!
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I have the most epic death scene ever in VGChartz Mafia.  Thanks WordsofWisdom!