iconic spelling

[Wilson Gray]

Good one, especially if it was done on purpose. But, even if not, it
was nevertheless pretty clever of you to notice more than a
misspelling.

-Wilson

On 1/6/06, Arnold M. Zwicky <zwicky at csli.stanford.edu> wrote:
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> Poster:       "Arnold M. Zwicky" <zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU>
> Subject:      iconic spelling
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> most spam gets labeled and then filtered out, but occasionally a
> piece makes it through to display on my computer screen.  this
> morning i was treated to the following:
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>    Suffering from short penniss?
>
> cute iconic spelling.  a penniss is 40% longer than a penis.
>
> arnold
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