Subj : Erratum
To   : Ardith Hinton
From : Paul Quinn
Date : Sat Feb 03 2018 17:40:20

Hi! Ardith,

On 02/02/2018 09:16 PM, you wrote:

 AH>>  Celsius.  Life was much easier when we spelled it
 AH>>  "centigrade".  :-Q
 PQ>>  My foopas (sic) follows yours.

 AH>            I reckon you mean "faux pas".

Yes.  I was being inventive again.  Usually it goes by the alternative 'fox 
paw', which I'm guessing you would have recognized straight up.  I do this when 
I'm too lazy to check with Uncle Google for the genuine French.

 PQ>>  I am easily lead by a smooth talker.  ;-D

Compleat (sic) with another misspelling, later regretted.  I've been making 
quite a few mistakes recently.  So many that I can detect Alexander having fits 
of frustration, based on the server's logfile entries.

 AH>            Me, a smooth talker??  Nah.  My mistake was in adding a
 AH> remark at the last moment which I hadn't proofread umpteen times & let
 AH> sit overnight.

Ah-huh.  I have the t-shirt.  My excuse is solitude with infrequent adult 
conversation, bordering on 'old folks disease'.

 AH>            Human beings are social creatures.  I find it difficult to
 AH> resist the urge to step off the curb (or kerb, as you prefer) before the
 AH> traffic light has changed when I see someone else doing it.

 AH>            BTW... how do Aussies spell "curb"/"kerb"?  :-)

Until the turn of the century I always referred to them as 'gutter'. Aren't 
there both?  (Checking Uncle Google... oh, it's the edging.  And yes, I was 
aware of the other meaning.)  I'd have said 'curb'.  Did I pass?  :-D

Cheers,
Paul.

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