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To: Mamzelle
A gaffe is FAIR GAME. Or I can't spell potato.

The singular spelling variants "potato" vs. "potatoe" co-existed into the 19th century. In the 20th century "potato" came to be considered the correct singular, and "potatoe" considered a misspelling. The plural remains "potatoes'".

Your just a kid! is all ;-)

28 posted on 09/07/2008 12:57:41 PM PDT by flyfree (Biden is no Palin and Obama is no McCain)
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To: flyfree

I think he was referring to Dan Quayle’s “raking over the coals” when he didn’t spell the potato correctly. When the MSM learned of this, they destroyed his political career over it and it was suppose to be “breaking news”. So after that debacle, whatever the LEFT does is FAIR GAME to me as well.


103 posted on 09/07/2008 1:51:13 PM PDT by claymax (Vote for a HERO...........not for the ZERO!)
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To: flyfree

A gaffe is FAIR GAME. Or I can’t spell potato.
The singular spelling variants “potato” vs. “potatoe” co-existed into the 19th century. In the 20th century “potato” came to be considered the correct singular, and “potatoe” considered a misspelling. The plural remains “potatoes’”.

Your just a kid! is all ;-)
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Apparently you meant YOU’RE just a kid, your is possessive, it is NOT a spelling variant of you’re.


141 posted on 09/07/2008 3:49:04 PM PDT by RipSawyer (What's black and white and red all over? Barack Hussein Obama)
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