I knew that I could count on Geoff to provide the correct reason for my
lack of proofreading, before sending in a response to the list.
I was going to blame the " Qwerty " keyboard for having the " a " and " i "
so close together and me being all thumbs when typing. That and the slow but
inevitable onset of " Craft " disease.
Jim Wiehe , VA3JHW
mail to : j.wiehe@sympatico.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: "Geoff Winnington-Ball" <gwball@sympatico.ca>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 13:31
Subject: Re: [MV] More Fun
> M35products@aol.com wrote:
> > In a message dated 12/22/01 9:17:07 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> > j.wiehe@sympatico.ca writes:
> > << Don't you mean " cavaties " >>
> > Or "cavities" ?
> We in the Great White North pronounce the short 'a', but only between Thanksgiving and Easter. After that we
go back to the 'i'.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Geoff Winnington-Ball
> MAPLE LEAF UP! ==>
> Zephyr, Ontario, Canada
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