"Both" for "either" or "or" for "and"?

[Arnold Zwicky]

On May 28, 2014, at 9:32 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> From an e-mail to me:
>
> " 'Caminetto' ... : a word that can mean _both_ a fireplace _or_ a chimney
> in Italian"

brief discussion:
  ML, 6/27/65: either/and, both/or:
  http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002267.html

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