succession = 'secession'

[Dan Goncharoff]

Perhaps he used to specialize in Spanish history...
DanG


On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 8:39 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> I'm atching a 2007 History Channel program about Native Americans during
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> Civil War.
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> Every time the professional narrator means to say the word _secession_, he
> says instead "succession."
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> JL
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