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To be a good sport

To be a good sport

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July 12, 2010, 02:34 PM

wafflestomp wafflestomp is offline

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Originally Posted by Tarential

Though not entirely common I have certainly heard "he's good people." I am of the opinion that it is meant to expand into "he is of good people" but that is just an opinion, largely baseless.

I don't think it's correct English. I have a friend from Hungary who I used to play Battlefield 2 with and he always said "he is good people" about other players... good memories, lol.

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