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Subject:Re: Marvel at my stupidity From:Julie Comstock-Fisher <julief -at- PDAINC -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 24 Aug 1999 14:01:43 -0500
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> [mailto:TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU]On Behalf Of Lisa MacDonald
> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 11:53 AM
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> I actually thought it was a witty play on words-
> "Pre-Madonna" (whatever the
> heck that means). I probably just need more coffee.
I plan to add it to my list of misheard/misinterpreted words and phrases
that make a kind of sense anyway. "For all intensive
purposes" is another one I've seen recently. I see "mute point" every once
in a while. "Low and behold" mostly just bugs me.
The worst part about these, from the perspective of a writer/editor, is that
most of them pass the spell checker--and many of them
make it past pretty decent editing, because they're so *almost* right.
Julie Comstock-Fisher Documentation Manager
julief -at- pdainc -dot- com PDA, Inc.
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