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  9. Date:         Thu, 24 Dec 1992 23:41:10 -0800
  10. Sender:       English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
  11. From:         Peter Montgomery <MONTGOMERY@CAMINS.CAMOSUN.BC.CA>
  12. Subject:      Re: Brief Follow-Up
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  16. > From: Natalie Maynor <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
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  18. > Probably for the same reason people sometimes spell "finding" "fidning." :-)
  19. >    --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
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  22. Arrghhhh!!!!! That's embracing, er embarrassing. I guess it doesn't pay
  23. to do brandy and words-l at the same time! None-the-less the "women/woman"
  24. error happens with much greater frequency, and not as the result of a
  25. drunken inversion of characters.
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  27. Pm
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