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Talk:Skeet (slang)
''It has been suggested that the origins of the slur are in the slang word for semen, basically implying that the person in question is a "waste of sperm".''  It seems equally possible that the term arose independantly of this meaning in the Newfoundland context.  Can anyone source this or is this just somebody's personal speculation? Looks a bit like original research that I'd favor removing, unless someone has some experience with them being connected.  [[User:Nonplus|Nonplus]] 06:39, 5 February 2006 (UTC) '''(formerly [[User:Delief|Delief]])'''
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I've made some changes to this entry for greater [[NPOV]] Poor grasp of the "English language" has been replaced with "standard English." Linguists recognize that standard English and Newfoundland English are all just different dialects within English as a whole. "Terrible grammar" has been replaced with "non-standard grammar".

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They're important to this page because, as you say Zippo, they kindof represent a concrete media embodiment of the skeet image. [[User:Nonplus|Nonplus]] 06:39, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
 '''(formerly [[User:Delief|Delief]])'''