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- From: phinton@larson.helios.nd.edu (paul hinton)
- Subject: Re: South Shore Wreck 1/18
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.135739.14978@news.nd.edu>
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- Organization: University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 13:57:39 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan20.160557.9328@sei.cmu.edu>, weinstoc@sei.cmu.edu (Chuck Weinstock) writes:
- |>
- |> Just a quick question: the USA Today writeup of the wreck talked about a
- |> bridge in a place called "gantlet". I assume the reporter got confused at
- |> that they really meant that the bridge had a gauntlet track. Or is there a
- |> place on the South Shore with a gauntlet track called gantlet?
- |>
- |>
- |>
- |> Chuck Weinstock weinstock@sei.cmu.edu
- |> Software Engineering Institute (412) 268-7719
- |> Carnegie Mellon University (412) 268-5758 (Fax)
- |> Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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- The correct spelling is "gantlet." A gauntlet is a type of weapon. Just
- read James J. Kilpatrick's articles on spelling pitfalls and the press. The
- South Bend Tribune got the spelling right in all of its articles, but the
- Chicago Tribune was downright pitiful, using both spellings all over the
- place.
-
- P.J. Hinton
- Paul.J.Hinton.1@nd.edu
-