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   William Vetter to Jim Hetley   
   Re: Linguistic voice woes   
   17 Jul 15 11:12:02   
   
   From: mdhangton@gmail.com   
      
   Jim Hetley wrote:   
   > On Thursday, July 16, 2015 at 1:28:22 PM UTC-4, William Vetter wrote:   
   >>   
   >> It can be abbreviation for Fahrenheit.   
   >   
   > I think that's stretching.  Not capitalized, and the common abbreviation for   
   > Fahrenheit is simply F.   
   >   
   > There is nothing that cannot be misunderstood or misconstrued.  Or quibbled.   
   >   
   > Jim   
      
   If "fahr" appeared once in a 4000 word short story with no other alt   
   spellings (which is what I recall), I would still have thought it was   
   fire spelled wrong.   
      
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