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[Israel <israel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Good point George!
The missing A made me question the phrase a bit too much.   :)

On 06/08/2015 07:08 AM, George DiceGeorge wrote:
> Your computer is free as a bird
>  
> I think the extra ‘as’ doesn’t add anything,
> but ‘a’ does improve things.
>  
> Maybe the capitals aren’t needed
>  
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9DmBRR05BE
>  
> *"Free As A Bird"*
>
> Free as a bird
> It's the next best thing to be
> Free as a bird
>
> Home, home and dry
> Like a homing bird I'll fly
> As a bird on wings
>
> Whatever happened to
> The life that we once knew?
> Can we really live without each other?
>
> Where did we lose the touch
> That seemed to mean so much?
> It always made me feel so...
>
> Free as a bird
> Like the next best thing to be
> Free as a bird
>
> Home, home and dry
> Like a homing bird I'll fly
> As a bird on wings
>
> Whatever happened to
> The life that we once knew?
> Always made me feel so free
>
> Ah...
> Ah...
> Ah...
>
> Free as a bird
> It's the next best thing to be
> Free as a bird
> Free as a bird
> Free as a bird
> Oooooo
>
> Free...
>
> /[Turn out nice again, mother.]/
>  
>
>  
> *From:* Israel <mailto:israel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> *Sent:* Monday, 08 June, 2015 12:51
> *To:* torios@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:torios@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *Subject:* Re: [Torios] ToriOS Motto on the website
>  
> On 06/08/2015 05:36 AM, Ali Linx wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Did anyone change the motto on our website?
>>
>> IIRC, it was:
>>
>> Your Computer Is Free As A Bird
>>
>> It reads now:
>> Your Computer Is As Free As A Bird
>>
>> I am not sure who changed it?
>> I am not sure which one is more accurate?
>>
>> Please let me know :)
>>
>>
> It said:
> Your Computer Is Free As Bird
> This is not correct English, so I changed it... You can change it to:
> Your Computer Is Free As *A* Bird
> I was simply trying to make it make sense in English
> Saying "Your Computer Is As Free As A Bird" is a bit better English I
> think.
> -- 
> Regards
>
> -Israel
> ToriOS Team
>
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-Israel
ToriOS Team