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Hsf | 17:36 Sun 25th Jul 2004 | Phrases & Sayings
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How come extraordinary is like out of this word, wheras when broke down extra- ordinary should mean like totally ordinary, the opposite of its meaning?? crazy
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It if from the Latin extra, meaning outside. Something that is extraordinary is outside the ordinary.
17:46 Sun 25th Jul 2004
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o rite, thnx!!
17:50 Sun 25th Jul 2004
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Just as in extraterrestial.
21:23 Mon 26th Jul 2004

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