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Usenet Posted 22 years ago
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(Sic) from one of today's crop of press releases:
"(The filters), with optional valve linkage, can give system operator the connivance of switching the flow from one housing to the other with the movement of a single operating handle."
Nudge, nudge ...
Cheers, Sage
  

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" Nudge, nudge ... Cheers, Sage[/nq] Oh I'm not sure that's a spelling thing. , there is always one polysyllabic word that has taken the fancy of the semiliterate "journalists," and that they use with no meaning at all.

— Usenet

  • " Nudge, nudge ...
  • Cheers, Sage[/nq] Oh I'm not sure that's a spelling thing.
  • , there is always one polysyllabic word that has taken the fancy of the semiliterate "journalists," and that they use with no meaning at all.
  • It's sort of like a blank Scrabble tile.
  • It's just fun to throw in.
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[nq:1](Sic) from one of today's crop of press releases: "(The filters), with optional valve linkage, can give system operator the connivance of switching the flow from one housing to the other with the movement of a single operating handle." Nudge, nudge ... Cheers, Sage[/nq]
Oh I'm not sure that's a spelling thing. It seems that in the PAE (Pinheaded American English) that constitutes the sta
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[nq:1]Oh I'm not sure that's a spelling thing. It seems that in the PAE (Pinheaded American English) that constitutes the ... the most successful dishes is the pan-roasted salmon, ... one of several quirky but endearing connivances from the kitchen."[/nq]
Sounds like a spell-checkerism for "contrivances".

Ray Heindl
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[nq:1](Sic) from one of today's crop of press releases: "(The filters), with optional valve linkage, can give system operator the connivance of switching the flow from one housing to the other with the movement of a single operating handle." Nudge, nudge ...[/nq]
I think it might be like "aquatinted" for "acquainted" a mindless spelling-checker substitution. If you try spellchecking "connevien
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[nq:1]Oh I'm not sure that's a spelling thing. It seems that in the PAE (Pinheaded American English) that constitutes the ... the most successful dishes is the pan-roasted salmon, ... one of several quirky but endearing connivances from the kitchen."[/nq]
Is that a sign of a sea change?
Are people making a paradigm shift to it?

Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
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[nq:2](Sic) from one of today's crop of press releases: "(The ... the movement of a single operating handle." Nudge, nudge ...[/nq]
[nq:1]I think it might be like "aquatinted" for "acquainted" [/nq]
Or "prostitute" for "prosciutto"...
[nq:1]a mindless spelling-checker substitution. If you try spellchecking "connevience," for example, what do you get? My own word processor says "No gues
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