do these guys think we are idiots or what?

[Joel S. Berson]

I didn't even see the "greeding", and took it in as
"greeting"!  Doesn't that prove it *is* linguistics-related?  :-)

(Unless it's Ron's typo??)

Joel

At 3/31/2010 09:56 PM, Randy Alexander wrote:

>On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 6:23 AM, ronbutters <ronbutters at aol.com> wrote:
> > I just got a message with the following in the subject line:
> >
> >
> > You have received a greeding e-card !
> >
> > Don't think I'll open it.
>
>I fail to see the linguistics-related content in this post, unless
>your point is to suggest there is something ironic about spam being
>sent in the form of a "greeding e-card".  Since it's spam, they're
>greedy?
>
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