[Ads-l] childs

[Wilson Gray]

> a mere slip
I've seen "childs" in print. But I didn't post it, because it was followed
by "children," in the same paragraph. So, I figured that it was "a mere
slip," to coin a phrase.😉 And I hope that it was. But...
Youneverknow.

On Fri, May 27, 2022 at 12:46 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Presumably it was a mere slip prompted by the familiar collocation
> "innocent child."
>
> JL
>
> On Fri, May 27, 2022 at 12:11 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Just now on CNN, sixtyish Col. Steve McCraw, Director of the Texas
> > Department of Public Safety, has denounced the "murder of 19 innocent
> > childs and two adults."
> >
> > JL
> >
> > --
> > "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the
> truth."
> >
>
>
> --
> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
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