To: WSFAlist at keithlynch.net
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 22:51:49 -0400
Subject: [WSFA] Re: spell-checking found to be no longer necessary
From: ronkean at juno.com
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 22:15:19 -0400 "Ted White" <twhite8 at cox.net> writes:

> This has been all over the internet in the past two days.  Note
> subtle
> variations.
>

I got my copy from Israel, just today.  Since I had never seen it before,
I thought few others would have seen it.  I guess two days is a long time
in the internet age.

It reminds me of an old trick from junior high school.  You write the
following on a slip of paper, decorated with some sketched flowers,
leaves, and butterflies:

 Paris in the
the springtime

Then you hand the paper to someone and say 'read this out loud, please,
in a normal speaking voice'.

Almost invariably, they will read it as 'Paris in the springtime'.

Ron Kean

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