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  1. Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!auvm!!TOAL
  3. Message-ID: <9212280329.AA01873@rachel.ibmpcug.co.uk>
  4. Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
  5. Date:         Mon, 28 Dec 1992 03:29:37 GMT
  6. Sender:       English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
  7. From:         Graham Toal
  8.               <gtoal%rachel.ibmpcug.co.uk%kate.ibmpcug.co.uk@KATE.IBMPCUG.CO.UK>
  9. Subject:      Re: An observation
  10. Comments: To: ap290@CLEVELAND.FREENET.EDU
  11. Comments: cc: words-l@uga.cc.uga.edu
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  14. :So who needs a magnifying glass?  So who owns one to use?:-)  Ever see the
  15. :OED miniature version?  It's a single volume, and you need an x10 glass to
  16. :read the thing....  Or at least they sell one with it.  Real wimps can only
  17.  
  18. That's what I meant - that's the one I have, and I don't use the signifying
  19. glass - it doesn't magnify.
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