Klarinet Archive - Posting 000424.txt from 2004/04

From: "Don Hatfield" <dhatfield@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] correct spelling
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 08:13:41 -0400

Dearest Shadow Cat...

Does your pet human have litteral and concrete (I've seen some concrete
litteral matter in those litter boxes at my house, thanks to my cat, Max)
evidence that Freud wore a slip? Does that mean he my have been a
pedant-phile?

My favorite variation is 'omboture'.

Don Hatfield

> LOL! I don't dare mention anybody else's spelling or grammar any more,
> because every time I do, my own message includes at least one Freudian
slip
> into elementary error. Somewhere in the depths of the archives is an old
> thread on this same subject, including a message from me in which I
> catalogued all of the variant spellings I'd seen of "embouchure," with
>
> --------
>
> Enough from Lelia. Nobody cares what my stupid pet human says anyway, so
> I'm making her type this for me. She thinks she's fallen asleep at the
> computer, while I control her spongy wet brain.
>
> <Sigh.> Such ignorance. "Litterally" is the correct spelling. It means
> that the mousepiece is litteral, in the sense that it belongs in the kitty
> litter box. "Litterally" refers to the fact that the screech-stick sounds
> like something dark and similarly shaped, dredged from the bottom of the
> litter box where a discriminating feline thoughtfully and carefully buried
> it. Do turn the mousepiece over to your nice cat so that he or she can
rid
> you of the vermin. We perform this service free of charge, with hunting,
> chasing, batting the mousepiece down stairs and discreet burial in the
> litter box included.
>
> Sssssssst,
> Shadow Cat

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