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Date: Wed, 8 May 2024 23:48:18 +1000
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solar penguin wrote on 8/5/24 6:58 pm:
> 
> Daniel declared:
> 
>> solar penguin wrote on 7/05/2024 10:02 pm:
>>> Daniel declared:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> (Note the all-to-familiar Spelling mistakes)
>>>
>>> “all-to-familiar”? Oh, the irony!
>>
>> O.K., I give up!! But having no confidence in my spelling ability ....
>>
>> https://duckduckgo.com/?kl=uk-en&q=familiar&t=seamonkey&ia=web
>>
>> familiar /fə-mĭl′yər/
>> adjective
>>
>>      Often encountered or seen: synonym: common.
>>      "a familiar landmark."
>>      Similar: common Having fair knowledge; acquainted.
>>      "Are you familiar with these roads?"
>>      Of established friendship; intimate.
>>      "We are on familiar terms."
>>
>> The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition •
>> More at Wordnik
>>
>> So my problem was ......?? American v English spelling, maybe!! ;-P
> 
> Wrong word. You typed ‘to’ instead of ‘too’.
> 
> https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/sentences-with-the-word/all-too-familiar.html
> 
> (Yes, I know that was very pedantic even by my standards, but
> I couldn’t resist the all-too-tempting irony.)

SAY WHAT?? So are you suggestion I should have typed “all-*too*-familiar”!!

*REALLY* !! You're Joking, surely!! Well, I'll be buggered!!
-- 
Daniel