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03-22-2004, 01:10 PM
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| The Shade of Lazarus  Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: PM me to keep in contact
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| Don't coopy that floopy! I just thought I'd do a search to see how many times floppy was misspelled as floopy......quite a few...take a look. Just thought I'd share...... http://www.abxzone.com/forums/search...der=descending   P.S. For those of you who are ones who misspelled it...we are laughing WITH you...not AT you...so don't get upset! Its an easy one to mess up when typing fast.
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03-22-2004, 01:23 PM
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| The race for quality has no finish line- so technically, it's more like a death march.  Join Date: Feb 2001
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| I'm always amazed at how quite machines are compared to the quiet ones.  |
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03-22-2004, 01:23 PM
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| nine fingered hobbit  Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Phila, PA
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| Re: Don't coopy that floopy! [quote]Originally posted by KingTermite [b]I just thought I'd do a search to see how many times floppy was misspelled as floopy......quite a few...take a look. Just thought I'd share...... you're nuts!  |
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03-22-2004, 01:25 PM
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03-22-2004, 01:29 PM
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| The race for quality has no finish line- so technically, it's more like a death march. Join Date: Feb 2001
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03-22-2004, 01:37 PM
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| nine fingered hobbit Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Phila, PA
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| nah, i've known he was nuts from the get-go. i just need to remind him once in awhile but im sure he's known it for years! |
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03-22-2004, 01:49 PM
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| mmm... bacon bits  Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Treehouse
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03-22-2004, 02:35 PM
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| My personal pet-peeve butcher is the use of 'loose' to mean 'lose'  I see this so often, I think eventually we're going to have to dig up Webster to fix his dictionary. cdh016 |
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03-22-2004, 02:38 PM
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| The Shade of Lazarus Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: PM me to keep in contact
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I've noticed that one in general before too....
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03-22-2004, 02:57 PM
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| I'm gettin' dizzy!   Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Chicagoland
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| Googling floopy shows 20,900 results... example: http://www.tyhbl.com/page/PLUSH-DOG-...ame176-230.cfm
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03-22-2004, 02:59 PM
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| Nope, not naming names ... Except for one, my manager, who's making much more money than me to make such a mistake My favorite mistake of his is seeing his slides where he's helping clarify everyone's 'Rolls and Responsibilities' cdh016 |
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03-22-2004, 03:01 PM
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| The race for quality has no finish line- so technically, it's more like a death march. Join Date: Feb 2001
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I wonder if he's like my boss-is he 'hireing?'  | |
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03-22-2004, 03:03 PM
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Sorry butcher.....
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03-22-2004, 03:41 PM
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03-22-2004, 07:50 PM
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| Theres a guy in my office who says ARKSED instead of ASKED... drives me nuts!!  
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