Date:  Sun, 3 Dec 1995 12:59:31 -0700

From:  Rudy Troike <RTROIKE[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU>

Subject: Re: So fun



Not by a dam sight! The form "dammit" was long permissible in newsprint at

a time when the sensibilities of readers and editors prohibited the use of

<damn> and its relatives. It was a way to smuggle some forcefulness into

character representations and expressions when "gosh" was about as forceful

an expletive as was normally allowed. Ah, for the good old days!

    --Rudy Troike