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> holloway@n...
> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 3:52 AM
> To: FrankSronce
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> Subject: Re: Bio - Steve Sullivan

> And me who tries to claim to be a word guy!
> 	
> 	I promise not to confuse a mortise with a tenon for a 
> long while.

For all 'word guys', a nice unconscious hit?

Shorter Oxford Dictionary:

Confuse (verb):

Mix up or mingle physically.

(However, it does add) Only in pass. (Presumably pass = past)

Jeff, who ought to know better and won't hold you to this promise.
-- 
Jeff Gorman, West Yorkshire, UK
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