Re: Apples (was: something more on-topic)

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From: Colin R. Leech
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 00:00

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David Kaye (dk@removeme.wco.com) wrote:
> Robert Coe wrote the quoted material below:
> " The Mac has been the primary eating and cider making apple in New England for
> " a long time.
> 
> That's well and good, but the apple is not called a "Macintosh"; it's a
> "McIntosh".  And THAT was the point of my tagline.

As somebody pointed out to me via e-mail, we've been "spell-trolled". :-)
It's pretty obscure (but a valid point), so perhaps your signature file
needs a footnote.

> -- 
> Copyright 1997                      Bill Gates' first business venture was
> dk at wco.com                          a car traffic counter, Traff-o-Data
>                                                                           


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From: ag414@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Colin R. Leech)
Subject: Re: Apples (was: something more on-topic)
Date: 1997/12/15
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