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[log in to unmask] wrote:
> In a message dated 4/6/2004 9:01:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
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> You didn't ask, but then nobody on this list ever does, but I'll
> give this
> advice anyway. If it were me I'd say "whet the curiosity" not
> wet. Do
> with this information what you will. Ruth
>
> *Ruth,*
> **
> *Evidently spelling is no longer a concern among literary circles.
> What will be done with your information will fall within the realm of
> the word "ignore." As in ignorant.*
> **
> *Walking Dictionary*
> **
> *PS--Then again, maybe he DID mean "wet the curiosity."*
I did mean wet, but whet is OK too.
I always thought wet the curiosity meant like "stick a tow in the water
to see how cold it is" and not "sharpen".
Spelling never was a concern among literary circles... only a concern
for the fringes.
There are 31,294 words in the book. If one of them is either spelt or
meant wrong then I'll be happy to change it.
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