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lapfog_1

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9. it's not the words used

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 19, 2016, 11:29 AM

Jul 2016

so much as the exact order of usage.

That two people (or two groups) would accidentally pick the same or nearly the same words in the same order... is mathematically so improbable as to defy any logic. The odds against this...

Well, lets say you would need a really warm cup of tea in the improbability drive.. and at missile streaking up out of a planet to attack your ship would turn into a bowl of petunia's whose last thought just before crashing back down on that planet would be "oh no, not again".

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CNN: Stolen Words [View all] spanone Jul 2016 OP

lolz k & r obamanut2012 Jul 2016 #1

Chris Christie said Melania didn't plagiarize from Michelle. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2016 #2

it's not the words used lapfog_1 Jul 2016 #9

Exactly. I probably should have referred to phrases or sentences The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2016 #10

And even if it were true that it was all just a coincidence Wednesdays Jul 2016 #14

They're going with this gaslighting nonsense: There was no plagiarism! You're imagining it! alcibiades_mystery Jul 2016 #3

Right out of the modern Republican playbook. trotsky Jul 2016 #6

+1,000 malaise Jul 2016 #8

Perhaps she is so very much like FLOTUS JNelson6563 Jul 2016 #4

No plagiarism. No science, reality, education, truth or accountability. Rose Siding Jul 2016 #5

The Donald says jehop61 Jul 2016 #7

She did have the best words. She got them from Michelle Obama. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2016 #12

Gotta laugh at Chris Christie for saying plagiarism didn't occur The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2016 #11

K&R but "stolen words" were lifted from Obama speech Jeffersons Ghost Jul 2016 #13