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[Wilson Gray]

On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 3:44 AM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I noticed that "quadriplegic" has essentially supplanted
> "paraplegic" in context where "paraplegic" is correct and "quadriplegic"
> is not.


Have you also noticed that a percentage <har! har!> of speakers,
possibly approaching the percentage <har! har!> of spealkers  who say
"athalete," say "parapalegic" and "quadrapalegic"?

BTW, I'm with you, Paul, But, what can you do?

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-Wilson
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