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   Athel Cornish-Bowden to Jenny M Benson   
   Re: More difficult handwriting   
   26 Apr 19 09:34:30   
   
   From: acornish@imm.cnrs.fr   
      
   On 2019-04-25 20:04:36 +0000, Jenny M Benson said:   
      
   > On 25-Apr-19 06:42 PM, Richard Smith wrote:   
   >>> It should be piece 213 Folio: 10 Page:12   
   >>   
   >> Thanks.  I think it says "Medical", faintly crossed out.  The father is   
   >> listed as a "Medical practitioner", and the son's occupation is clearly   
   >> the same as first word of the father's.  My guess is that the census   
   >> clerk started writing this in the wrong box and corrected himself.   
   >   
   > Thank you, Richard & Steven.   
   >   
   > Sorry about the reference error - this keyboard has a habit of missing   
   > letters quite frequently and I didn't notice that time.   
      
   Whereas this keyboard operator has a habit of missing not only letters   
   but whole words (such as "not") quite frequently.   
      
      
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