v/l reversal - revelation

[Wilson Gray]

IMO, this entire string is totally irrevelant.:-)

-Wilson

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On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 11:18 AM, Randy Alexander
<strangeguitars at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 6:57 AM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
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>> Relevation did not pass muster for my spell checker. It is a word ("a
>> raising or lifting up according to the Free Dictionary), and has 97K
>> Googits, but I think most are l/v reversals for revelation. The Urban
>> Dictionary in fact has two entries clearly meaning revelation. BB
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> It's not just v/l.  Here's one I just caught: dymanic:
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZlunw0FHaU
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> At 1:10
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