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"Dave" wrote in message
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On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 10:27:42 -0700, "Capt. JG"
said:

when I decided not to go further than the entrance to Raccoon Straight.
I think you meant " strait ".
I don't often point out spelling errors, but I will make an exception
for straight/strait. Strait means constricted and the garment is a
straitjacket. A strait can be crooked as cat ****.

Casady



Wow, a typo.


Um...to most of us a typo is hitting a key when we intended to hit another
key. Adding a couple of extra letters to make a different word is not a
typo.

I sometimes make similar mistakes, but my excuse is that I use voice
recognition, and straight sounds just like strait.



Rite on Dave, thanks for the clarification!

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