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Originally Posted by Terry
I've always thought of the phrase "these ones" as a reviling phrase. It's a way of referring to a person or person's whose name you don't want to utter. In other words someone you want to consider as unmentionable, you refer to in singular "that one" or in plural "these ones".
Personally I consider the phrase demeaning and disrespectful.
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THANK YOU Terry !!! You wrote exactly what I was trying to convey.
Another LC word I detest when referring to the people being reeled into the LC is"
contact". --" All these ones are new contacts." --
Uh... I have a feeling we might start a new thread on LC phrases we like but
mostly DISLIKE !
Oh..here's a funny totally off topic but still referring to phrases Christians use in evangelizing. My girl friend and I were having lunch a couple of days ago. Our waiter was a newlywed. He was on fire but a fire that reminded me of the fire a brand new Christian is on when they first give their lives wholeheartedly to the Lord. He was telling us how he and his wife get up every morning and read the Word together before starting their day. Cute kid.
At one point he was telling us how he was a
fisher of men. I don't know if there was a subliminal message in how I responded but I replied "
So are we !"
And btw, if anyone here would like to wish me a happy 57th B-day, by all means feel free to do so !
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