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Subject:Re: A litte humor: Spell check anyone? From:Mike Starr <mike -at- writestarr -dot- com> To:TechWhirl List <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:03:52 -0500
Considered as the Wisconsin State Fair slogan a number of years ago... "Come smell our dairy air" (paraphrased from vague memories).
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Pinkham, Jim wrote:
> Ah, well, it's NBC, apparently, that is spelling-challenged, not
> Wisconsinites, in this instance. Acronym insecurity notwithstanding,
> come ahead and visit Wisconsin. We welcome your tourism dollars :)
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> Not only does Wisconsin have to worry about acronyms, but wonder if they
> ran spell checker before they ran this headline. Must be "new" spelling
> - like "new" math.
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>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33117179/ns/travel-news/
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