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Re: OT semi-colons



Patricia wrote:
Ah, yes. I once had a whole dossier of things kids had mis-heard and mis-said from the staples of their school life. I pledge a legion (for "pledge allegiance"), Harold be Thy name ("Hallowed be Thy name"), Lead us not into Penn Station ("lead us not into temptation"), Gladly, the cross-eyed bear ("Gladly the Cross I'd bear";
Add to this the case of a friend's niece, who sang "I forgot my
shovel/Shovel off to Buffalo."

Harry Binswanger
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