Me thinks we are mincing words folks
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"Keyboard In The Wilderness" wrote in message
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From Merriam Webster:
Main Entry: 1swap
Pronunciation: 'swäp
Function: verb
transitive senses
1 : to give in trade : BARTER b : EXCHANGE 2
intransitive senses : to make an exchange
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So I guess one can give money in trade or exchange, but many would
say swapping is cashless. Maybe from our childhood -- I'll swap ya three
green marbles for that black one. A Superman for a Batman (comics)
Then there is Husband Swapping (sic)
I certainly don't swap for my groceries at the super market -- I buy
by paying cash, credit, or food stamps (just kiddin on the food stamps)
I might attend the farmers market and swap a bushel of apples for a bushel
of corn -- but the apple crop was poor this year hi hi
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An aside the word comes from:
Etymology: Middle English swappen to strike; from the practice of
striking hands in closing a business deal
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"PowerHouse Communications" wrote in message
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Any way you look at it, you are still swapping. Swapping a radio. gear,
etc. for cash, credit, etc... It's all a swap!
"Ben" wrote in message
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I thought this was a group for *swapping* radio's etc.
Not for selling, auctioning or wanting to buy.
Ben
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