Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 12:00:46 -0500

From: Mark Mandel Mark[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]DRAGONSYS.COM

Subject: Samuel Johnson's birthday -Reply



Barnhart Barnhart[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]HIGHLANDS.COM 0918.1007

Today is the anniversary of the birth of Samuel Johnson, born in 1709.

[...]

Enjoy your day, and remember that we stand on the shoulders of our

forebearers.





Ugh! ForeBEARS! When tempted to add "-er" to this word, please

forbear!



"My forebears came from Flanders. Well, three of them, at any rate.

Who's been sleeping in my porridge?" -- Michael Flanders



-- Dr. Whom: Consulting Linguist, Grammarian,

Orthoepist, and Philological Busybody



Mark A. Mandel : mark[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]dragonsys.com

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