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Subject:Re: Language use and hypersensitivity From:Matt Ion <soundy -at- ROGERS -dot- WAVE -dot- CA> Date:Fri, 19 Sep 1997 07:46:11 -0800
On Thu, 18 Sep 1997 13:29:21 -0700, barryk -at- MDHOST -dot- CSE -dot- TEK -dot- COM wrote:
>Because of emotional scaring from my early days as a TW,
^^^^^^^
Is emotional scaring a cause or effect of emotional scarring? (Sorry... I
found it a particularly interesting typo, taken in context :-)
>please refrain from using words like "edit" and "marked up copy".
And "paper" too, please. I have a serious problem with it due to being
traumatically cut by it so often.
My doctor says I'm doing much better lately...
Your friend and mine,
Matt
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