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Article #446Re: Dutch has a death sentence
From: Wendy Chatley Green
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 00:00
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 00:00
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moreno@texas.net (Michael Moreno) wrote: >In article <4t9fsa$813@kermit.comland.com>, fractal@comland.com says... >> >>Why, pratel, don't you know how to write "pray tell"? thought that I was the only one to notice that!!! Here's one: >I asked someone to spell 'beck and call' and here's what I got: > beckoncal >When asked what that was supposed to mean the response was: > I dunno, you know, like "he's at your beckoncal..." >Hooked On Phonics has really done a number on the English language. I don't think Hooked on Phonics was available thirteen years ago when most college freshmen were learning to spell. -- Wendy Chatley Green -- wcgreen@cris.com
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10f638,1b3d37d8d2fd9bff X-Google-Attributes: gid10f638,public X-Google-Thread: 10a85e,1b3d37d8d2fd9bff X-Google-Attributes: gid10a85e,public X-Google-Thread: 10b82c,1b3d37d8d2fd9bff X-Google-Attributes: gid10b82c,public X-Google-Thread: ffea8,1b3d37d8d2fd9bff X-Google-Attributes: gidffea8,public From: wcgreen@cris.com (Wendy Chatley Green) Subject: Re: Dutch has a death sentence Date: 1996/07/26 Message-ID: <4taqbo$1q9@herald.concentric.net> X-Deja-AN: 170280257 references: <4r172b$2k1c@ausnews.austin.ibm.com> <4r1pup$ih6@matrix.eden.com> <Pine.BSI.3.94.960713233012.5312G-100000@xanadu.io.com> <4t9fsa$813@kermit.comland.com> <4t9n84$cjp@news2.texas.net> organization: Staggerwing Enterprises reply-to: wcgreen@cris.com newsgroups: austin.talk,austin.general,austin.news,austin.public-net