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At 8:29 AM -0600 12/10/08, Downing, David wrote:
>
>Sounds like yet another example of a misspelling becoming accepted
>because everyone was doing it. But I concede that it has become
>*officially* accepted, because it's in my spell checker's dictionary.
>
>And while we're back on the subject of twisting the language, did you
>say "tolerancing"??? I'm not sure how much tolerance I have for that
>one -- and my spell checker does *not* recognize that one.
>
>David
Yea, well, messaging is another abomination, but it seems the
marketing people hold sway.
Scott
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