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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Martin" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 11:53 AM
Subject: Hoax Defined
> Hi,
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> Perhaps the most classic example of a hoax is "The Great Cabbage Hoax=
> ." I=20
> first heard of it in 1955 when I was taking a college level course in=
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> discussion and debate. There are many references to it on The Web. =
> I warn=20
> you, the actual hoax was hundreds of words in length. The definition=
> of the=20
> word "hoax" shown below tells of the word's purpose and suggests that=
> its=20
> target itself is not true, i.e., manufactured.
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> 73:
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> Bob Martin
> KC3FI
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> to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and =
> often=20
> preposterous
> =96hoax=A3er noun
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