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Hi! Padraic Brown <elemtilas@hidden.email> writes: > --- Henrik Theiling <theiling@hidden.email> wrote: > > > Mind the bird flue... > > Oh, come off it! It's not like they sacrifice > birds in church! ... Oops! What have I done? > I'll just hope this was a momentary lapse of social propriety on > your part, and not either a) a mere typo (a flue is something a > chimney has) or b) an extremely mean spirited and totally > uncalled-for swipe at (some of our) religions. Any chip on your shoulder? It was a) a typo and b) a joke. The joke was not meant about religion (why should I make jokes about religion?), but about a spoon someone licks on when other people want to use it afterwards and might find that mildly disgusting and might think of a certain virus. So my jokes (in wrong orthography) are just not understood! And what mean spirited things does it suggest anyway (that I don't get) when I write it with an -e? Grilled birds? Hmm. No. > You're actually in good company with a), as I got 45000+ hits for > misspelled flu on Google. I am sorry and do not consider this good company. **Henrik -- Relay 13 is forthcoming: http://www.conlang.info/relay/relay13.html