"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 12 Oct 2016 10:02:47 -0600, graham > wrote:
>
>> On 10/12/2016 9:38 AM, sf wrote:
>> > On Tue, 11 Oct 2016 18:48:40 -0600, graham > wrote:
>> >
>> >> On 10/11/2016 5:21 PM, sf wrote:
>> >>> On Tue, 11 Oct 2016 03:26:59 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>> >>> > wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> *I'm coming to terms with "decimate" being a synonym for "destroy"
>> >>>> rather
>> >>>> than "kill one in ten". When some talking head says "The town was
>> >>>> decimated" my natural inclination is to say "Well, 90% of the town
>> >>>> is
>> >>>> fine."
>> >>>
>> >>> I hear decimate and think 90% destroyed.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >> That's fine as long as the word "literally" is not appended as it so
>> >> often is.
>> >
>> > I think people have grown past that one, just as no one says “have a
>> > nice day” anymore.
>> >
>> >
>> Really? They still do here and even become more precise by saying: "Have
>> an excellent rest of your day!"
>
> Not here.

They do it here all the time, only they say "have a good day" now.

Cheri