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Re: Completely and totally off-topic comment

On Thu, 29 Dec 2005, Steve Crutchfield wrote:

> They're now looking for a new name for this restaurant:

 http://www.signatures-dc.com/suggestionsTop.asp


There a footnote refers to lines 'marked with an asterik'.

A cure for the misspelling -- & mispronunciation -- lies in this
verse [1]:


 Mary bought an aeroplane
  Among the clouds to frisk
 Now wasn't she a plucky girl
  Her little *?


Wendell Cochran
West Seattle

[1] A Dictionary of Usage and Style, by Roy H. Copperud. 1964
Hawthorn Books.