[Ads-l] Heard: "allege" > _allegate_

[Wilson Gray]

Just to be sure that the thread remains enjoyable, I should make it clear
that the person who used _allegate_ and the creep trying to snow the court
with his "erudition" were *not* the same person.

The "allegator" was speaking completely spontaneously.


On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 8:50 AM, Margaret Winters <mewinters at wayne.edu>
wrote:

> So true - I stand corrected.  Or - I appreciate the correct.
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> MARGARET E WINTERS
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> Wayne State University
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> Please! What a wonderful *back form*!
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> Mark
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> On Mar 2, 2017 11:05 AM, "Margaret Winters" wrote:
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> What a wonderful back formation!
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