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[MacPerl] Re: [semi-off] malaprop



They call this a malaprop! I don't think there is a Perl equivalent.

Or is there?

Annalisa

Arved Sandstrom wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Bart Lateur wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:41:32 -0400 (EDT), jacobs@azstarnet.com wrote:
> >
> > >>> hard core geek
> > >>  ^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > >> I resemble that remark.
> > >> Arved
> > >
> > >I occasionally resemble that remark. Perhaps I'm a hard _shelled_ geek
> > >with a nougat-y center.
> >
> > Indeed. "resemble"? That means "I'm a lot like that remark".
> >
> > Arved probably ment "I resent that remark", although it has nothing to
> > do with pressing the <Send> button multiple times.
> >
> No, I meant "resemble". This particular phrase was in vogue many moons
> ago.
> 
> I must be getting old. :-) (Celebrated 38 years yesterday).
> 
> Arved
> 
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