[ExI] i before e, except after god

Damien Broderick thespike at satx.rr.com
Sat Mar 1 18:19:36 UTC 2008


At 09:35 AM 3/1/2008 -0800, Jef wrote:

> >  I know, mea culpa. You start playing around with bad puns on
> >  misspelled deities and diets, and it's all fun and games until
> >  someone loses an eye.
>
>Wasn't lost; merely misplaced

Yeah, had been going to say that, after an i.e., but just knew in me 
old bones that it would cause even more vexing confusion. A pun might 
be the shortest distance between two straight-lines, but it helps to 
have a laugh track of applauding old Monty Python ladies cued up, and 
I'm fresh out of them.

Damien Broderick 




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