Klarinet Archive - Posting 000340.txt from 2004/09

From: "Lelia Loban" <lelialoban@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Pair of metal clarinets for sale on E-bay. Said to be Sterling.
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 11:16:08 -0400


I wrote,
>Jim has seen a lot more metal Selmer's than I have.>

AAAAGGHHH! More evidence of illiteracy on the rise in the USA. (Lelia
picks up the red pencil and writes snarkily in the margin, "Selmer's what?
Selmer's Glue-stick?") If any of my former English students see that
howler, I'll never live it down.

"Oh, yeah, sure, just a typo, uh-huh.... [Snicker!]"

Lelia Loban
(crawling away to die)

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