Subj : Old stuff
To   : Ardith Hinton
From : mark lewis
Date : Tue Mar 01 2022 06:54:18

 On 2022 Feb 28 23:52:12, you wrote to me:

 AH> Doing even more fine tuning, however:  when we say "flu" or "'flu" we
 AH> are using a colloquial variation of "influenza"... a "flue" is
 AH> typically a pipe or other enclosure which e.g. directs the flow of
 AH> smoke in a chimney:

i think you are targetting this at my use of "flues" to indicate multiple influenza types... i just wasn't sure of the proper pluralization form for "flu" and went with the more common usage of adding "es"...

)\/(ark

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