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unusual...but fairly ordinary.

unusual...but fairly ordinary.

RE: unusual...but fairly ordinary.

InHiding;
This is no different than the military expression of

"SNAFU"


Typical oxymoron statements

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RE: unusual...but fairly ordinary.


"ordinary" and "unusual" are hardly binary phenomenon.  One would and should reasonably expect some degree of overlap

TTFN

RE: unusual...but fairly ordinary.

If "ordinary" is the mean, how many standard deviations away do you need to be to reach "unusual"?

RE: unusual...but fairly ordinary.

He meant "exceptional", such behaviour is unusual but not exceptional. Or not unheard of.

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RE: unusual...but fairly ordinary.

"unusual, but not out of the ordinary."  some people would have said, "kinda unique."  But not me.  I like jmw's version.

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