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Old 01-07-2006, 12:13 PM   #26
Undertoad
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Originally Posted by wolf
Today, I signed a commitment warrant for a woman who wrote that her son had "tryed to cute my throuathe."

I finally figured it out, and her son really was crazy, but the whole idea of her being barely able to express herself in written English was more frightening than her son's behavior.
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Originally Posted by richlevy
Well, another explanation would be that the woman was 300 years old. In the 1700's there were almost no dictionaries and words legitimately had different spellings.
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Originally Posted by wolf
I honestly don't think this lady was having a purfuit of happineff moment.
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