[Ads-l] Oh, well

[Jonathan Lighter]

Comes from spelling to "take off" as one word.

Such dummery is probably more widespread than we think.

JL

On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 4:36 AM Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> YouTube:
> "I get amazed seeing such giant planes _take offing_ and landing."
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> come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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