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  1. Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!paladin.american.edu!auvm!RA.MSSTATE.EDU!MAYNOR
  3. Message-ID: <9212250246.AA23898@Ra.MsState.Edu>
  4. Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
  5. Date:         Thu, 24 Dec 1992 20:46:24 CST
  6. Sender:       English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
  7. From:         Natalie Maynor <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
  8. Subject:      Re: Brief Follow-Up
  9. Comments: To: WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu
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  12. > taught in Penn. Why is it that people often use the plural spelling
  13. > "women" when they intend the singular "woman"? Any ideas??
  14. >
  15. > not fidning them very cogent.
  16.  
  17. Probably for the same reason people sometimes spell "finding" "fidning." :-)
  18.    --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
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