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[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Dec 4, 2006, at 9:03 AM, Orion Montoya wrote:

> I'm a little disappointed to assume "psychical being" is a cupertinism

i assume this is a reference to the "Cupertino effect" (spell-
checking run wild); no webhits on "cupertinism".

> for "physical being":

what do you take to be the intermediate step, the error that took the
spell-checker to "psychical"?  exchange of "h" and "s", in "psyhical"?

arnold

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