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Jeff Wrangler:

--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on April 10, 2025, 04:03:08 pm ---I read the article on the dire wolf unextinction in the latest issue. Aside from the last page, there is very little about the dire wolf. I recca-mend skipping over the first few pages.

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I'm reading that article now (haven't finished it yet). All I'll say here is that I won't be surprised if the whole thing turns out to be a colossal scam.

Front-Ranger:

--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on April 27, 2025, 08:15:25 pm ---I'm reading that article now (haven't finished it yet). All I'll say here is that I won't be surprised if the whole thing turns out to be a colossal scam.

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I saw what you did there.... The name of the company is Colossal, isn't it?  :laugh:

Jeff Wrangler:

--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on April 28, 2025, 09:49:10 am ---I saw what you did there.... The name of the company is Colossal, isn't it?  :laugh:

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Actually, that was an entirely fortuitous accident!  :laugh:

Jeff Wrangler:
I got on my soapbox on my blog, inspired by Jon Lee Anderson's article in the April 14 issue. I didn't think it was appropriate to do it here.

Jeff Wrangler:
I think you might say the short story "Jenny Annie Fanny Addie" in the April 21 issue includes a mondegreen, or at least the discussion of one. Apparently people hear the familiar Dylan lyric as "Take a load off, Annie," when it's actually "Take a load off Fanny," also with no comma before the name.

Commas matter.

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