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msmemory_archive ([personal profile] msmemory_archive) wrote2009-01-20 04:10 pm

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Grrr. Coworker G wanted me to reassure her that Obama had in fact used a Bible when making his oath. Oy. (In the first place, he did. In the second, so what if he hadn't?)

[identity profile] cat9.livejournal.com 2009-01-20 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
John Quincy Adams, too - and constitutional law at that :)

I've always said that in a similar circumstance, I'd probably want a dictionary...

[identity profile] dreda.livejournal.com 2009-01-20 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
You know, I bet the unabridged OED stacks tall enough...

[identity profile] cat9.livejournal.com 2009-01-20 09:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure, but out of misplaced nationalism I think I'd probably use an American Heritage Dictionary.

[identity profile] dreda.livejournal.com 2009-01-20 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Still a respectable toad-killer, and a good dictionary to boot.

[identity profile] goldsquare.livejournal.com 2009-01-20 11:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Game. Set. Match. ROFL.... hard.

[identity profile] goldsquare.livejournal.com 2009-01-20 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
If the impossible happened, I'd beg for an original of the US Constitution.