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muriel_volestrangler

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3. 'tuition free college' can mean "college where nothing is taught"

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Sat Dec 19, 2015, 12:48 PM

Dec 2015

As in "I'm getting extra tuition in French", where it doesn't mean "I'm paying extra", but "I get taught more". It's the primary meaning of the word 'tuition'.

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Stupid phasing from the left #467: Free College [View all] Stinky The Clown Dec 2015 OP

Well, without going into a full PoliSci dissertation.. TheBlackAdder Dec 2015 #1

Uh ...... Stinky The Clown Dec 2015 #4

Free College, Tuition Free College are the same thing, socialism. TheBlackAdder Dec 2015 #6

Is "smart phasing" a new Star Trek raygun, better than the old "stupid phasing"? JHB Dec 2015 #2

'tuition free college' can mean "college where nothing is taught" muriel_volestrangler Dec 2015 #3

Well played. Stinky The Clown Dec 2015 #5

Your post's essential point tried to be that people should use language precisely muriel_volestrangler Dec 2015 #7

Meh. Words is words. hunter Dec 2015 #8