Tag: beg
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October 25, 2011
I had a professor in college who liked the word “present,” and who insisted that we use that word, and only that word, when answering in roll call. So it went like this: “DiCamillo?” “Yep.” “I beg your pardon?” “Here! I mean: present!” I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently, because “present” is what…