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Paul Mackin paul.mackin at verizon.net
Fri Sep 8 14:53:46 CDT 2006


On Sep 8, 2006, at 3:06 PM, David Morris wrote:

> OK, ya got me.  I should never post w/o spell checking, lazy me.  But
> you seem to take this mis-spelling personally  ;)

I worried that it might sound like a silly criticism.

Didn't mean nuthin' by it :-)

>
> Bu it's not really the same as palimpsest/pampliset.  They don't
> pronounce the same.  And MANY people seem to be using the wrong one.

Don't know what to call it.

Google treats "palimset" as something the user probably didn't mean  
to  type. "Did you mean . . . "

Who's to say . . . .




>
> David
>
> On 9/8/06, Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>> On Sep 8, 2006, at 2:25 PM, David Morris wrote:
>>
>> >> --- jbor at bigpond.com wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > ... yes, palimpsest ...
>> >
>> > Funny, this word.  I looked up the "other" version, "pampliset,"
>>>
>> > Proffesors?
>>
>> They can't include every possible spelling.
>>
>> Try googling "proffesors" and you'll find  plenty of other  times  
>> it's been spelled that way.
>>
>> Or "proffessors."
>>
>>  "Do you mean "professors?"
>>
>> >
>> > --
>> > David Morris




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