[Ads-l] speculation

Wilson Gray hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Sat Jul 18 07:26:32 UTC 2020


> This seems like an odd use of "speculation"

Indeed. Seems like to me, too.

On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 10:30 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> This seems like an odd use of "speculation," unless you've never seen one
> of the million photos of Trump that show his hair is/was naturally brown.
>
>
> https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/president-trump-hair-changing-colors-125450916.html
> :
>
> "There has long been speculation that Trump dyes his hair, but now the
> color is changing almost daily."
>
> JL
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