-body vs. -one

[Ann Burlingham]

On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Murrah Lee <mclee at murrah.com> wrote:
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> I saw an old Sherlock Holmes movie, "Terror by Night," last night, and
> one of the characters-- Inspector LaStrade

Not meant as a spelling flame, it's just driving me nuts to see it
over and over, having read and re-read those books so often as as
young thing - it's "Lestrade".

(whew.)

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