"acte veberien"

[neil]

on 1/12/06 3:07 PM, James Smith at jsmithjamessmith at YAHOO.COM wrote:

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> OK.  I give up.  Is "veberien" a typo or is that
> really the word you wanted to use?  Google turned up
> 20 hits for "veberien": it appears to be eponymous,
> but the meaning isn't clear.  "Veber" resultd in
> 500,00 hits.
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>> --- "Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET> wrote:
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>> How logical--first the act, then the disease.  Ich
>> verstehe.
>>
>> Joel
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'veberien' was a typo for 'venerien'

--Neil

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