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Old July 16th, 2008, 08:17 AM
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Originally Posted by bryant View Post
Not necessarily, as a bribe is a man-made word to help others convey a meaning of a number of actions related to such, and has also developed a number of connotations and interpretations over 100's of years across 100's of languages, but,

A duck is one word that specifically names a specific number of species that have a specific number of anatomical features, and is not truly subject to much interpretation at all.
What you say would only be true if one were saying a bribe was a duck.

It's an analogy.

What it is saying is if it looks like a bribe and has all the earmarks of a bribe then it probably is a bribe.
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Last edited by George; July 16th, 2008 at 08:34 AM.