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Subject: Re: "a Pair of Panties" ?????
Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2024 13:17:46 -0000 (UTC)
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Ross Clark <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> wrote:
> On 6/07/2024 7:51 a.m., Stefan Ram wrote:
>> wugi <wugi@brol.invalid> wrote or quoted:
>>> Not an explanation, but it seems like a demonstration of how English
>>> likes to see things in "double" ;-)
>> 
>> Out in the Golden State, folks toss around "null and void" in certain
>> situations, maybe 'cause one word alone doesn't cut the mustard.
>> - Another way how English likes to see things in "double" ;-)
> 
> "Null and void" goes back to the 17th century. It's legal language, 
> which often likes to pair words like this, sometimes with subtly 
> different senses.

Not ecclesiastical?