misnomer 'misconception'

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Oct 21, 2004, at 11:24 AM, Dennis R. Preston wrote:

> Shame on you! You have misconstrued. This is clearly 'misgnomer,'
> homophonous, to be sure, but obviously meaning something like "bad
> knowledge."
>
> dInIs (too many deadlines, not enough time, too many temptations to
> be a smartass....)

but we *enjoy* you when you're being a smartass.

arnold, hoping that the typos in my original message weren't fatal to
understanding
   (especially: "misnomer" *as* a high-style variant...)