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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
You've become rather attached to the straw man haven't you Hugh?
As we don't live in America, but in the UK, the correct terminology is "Aunt Sally"  |
a) I am not attached to them, I was pointing out that others may be using them - big difference; but then again, logic, reason, thinking things through and you are usually non-contiguous
b) "Aunt Sally"? Bless... I'll just go get my smoking jacket, and ask the staff to prepare the kedgeree.
fwiw, if one should search on '
aunt+sally' on CF, you get 13 results* - should one search on 'straw+man', it shows 200 results (there are probably more, but the search is limited to 200) - perhaps the usage is more prevalent than you realise...
*of which, only 1 (besides our two posts) uses it in the context you have put forward...