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Subject:Re: Typo of the Day From:Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Fri, 22 May 2009 09:57:04 -0700
Perhaps it was intended to be a nastygram?
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Lin Sims <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> My favourite was one I came across when working as a proofreader for a
> word processing center.
>
>
> Dear Sir or Madman:
>
>
> I so wanted to send that letter out as written, but I was good.
>
> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>
> wrote:
> > Or someone who has eaten so many walnuts that...
> >
> > On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 7:01 AM, Janice Gelb <Janice -dot- Gelb -at- sun -dot- com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> In an email from our admin asking that someone
> >> claim ownership: "wooden palate"
> >>
> >> All I could think of was George Washington :->
> >>
> >> -- Janice
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