What may I ask does this have to do with OOo, itself? Please take this 
discussion to the appropriate mailing list. Hint: this is not the correct one 
for this!!!

Dan

On Thursday 29 June 2006 11:47 am, Colin Sharpe wrote:
> --- "R. W. Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> wrote:
> > R. W. Watkins
> >
> >
> > There's nothing wrong with criticizing someone for
> > using the expression "for free", provided he or she
> > is not guilty of utilizing other uneducated,
> > 'upstart middle class' expressions, such as
> > referring to one's offspring as infantile goats
> > (i.e., 'kids') in even the most formal settings....
>
> To advertise something as "Free of charge", the ideal
> word to use is "Gratis".
> ______________________________________
>
> From the Oxford English Dictionary:
>
> gratis
> /graatiss/
>
>   • adverb & adjective free of charge.
>
>   — ORIGIN Latin, from gratia ‘grace, kindness’.
> ______________________________________
>
> I hate "For free" too.
>
> Colin.
>
>
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