v/l reversal - revelation

[Randy Alexander]

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

It's not just v/l.  Here's one I just caught: dymanic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZlunw0FHaU

At 1:10

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Randy Alexander
Jilin City, China
My Manchu studies blog:
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