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[Mark Mandel]

Whoops, that's what I get for catching up on email late at night. Sor-ree!!!

On Sun, Nov 7, 2021, 12:13 AM Mark Mandel <markamandel at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm surprised nobody has commented on the reversed sense of the verb
> "mistake", similar to what's happening to "substitute".
>
> MAM
>
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> On Fri, Nov 5, 2021, 2:39 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmmgail.com>
> wrote:
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>> But the hits keep coming:
>>
>> "Conspiracy theory-endorsing Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) wore a dress
>> emblazoned with the anti-President Joe Biden phrase “Let’s Go Brandon” and
>> posed for a photo with ex-President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago
>> resort on Wednesday.
>>
>> " 'It’s not a phrase, it’s a movement,' Boebert wrote on
>> Twitter, referencing the phrase that’s gone viral among conservatives since
>> *a NASCAR sportscaster mistook it for a 'Fuck Joe Biden'* chant at a
>> race last month."
>>
>>
>> https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lauren-boebert-donald-trump-dress_n_6184d7cfe4b06de3eb734174
>>
>> JL
>>
>>
>> ...
>>
>> --
>> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the
>> truth."
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