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Re: Words That Are Often Misused

Subject: Re: Words That Are Often Misused
From: "Peter Neilson" <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 14:14:24 -0400

Deja vu? To quote an otherwise-literate friend from years ago, "And ek-settera, and ek-settera, and ek-settera." I try to avoid "etc." (and "ect") entirely. I also avoid cliches like the plague.

On Fri, 25 May 2012 14:02:49 -0400, B.J. Smith <bjsmith -at- ucar -dot- edu> wrote:

Ironic or just interesting? :-)

On 5/25/2012 11:58 AM, Tony Chung wrote:
It's ironic that I still confuse irony with coincidence or happenstance.

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 10:37 AM, B.J. Smith<bjsmith -at- ucar -dot- edu> wrote:
There are at least two of us.

Also tired of: "deja vu" always followed by "all over again."

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Re: Words That Are Often Misused: From: Peter Neilson
RE: Words That Are Often Misused: From: Ron Hearn
Re: Words That Are Often Misused: From: B.J. Smith
Re: Words That Are Often Misused: From: Tony Chung
Re: Words That Are Often Misused: From: B.J. Smith

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