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"The techno-babblers' motto is: 'we cut red tape--lengthwise'.."

[Internet comment on an article discussing technical jargon, published by Ragan.com]

 

"In English there are three words for 'we': ..."the regular we meaning you and I...; the royal we meaning I, as in 'we are not amused'; and the marital we meaning you, as in 'we need to take out the garbage'.."

[John Page, New Orleans, in a letter to The Economist]