2003-01-20 21:20:44, "Peter T. Daniels"
<grammatim@...> wrote:

>Nicholas Bodley wrote:
>
>> The millenium began 1 Jan. 2000
>> The millennium began 1 Jan. 2001
>
>Now _that_'s a subtle and clever observation! And quite on

topic.

Your compliment is much appreciated. Thank you!

[OT]
I found it both sad and fascinating that the Millenium (sic)
Hotel in NYC went into business with a misspelled name.
Nevertheless, the defacement (or worse) that the WTC collapse
did to it was not deserved.

In all, I have become aware of about six or seven companies
that went into business with misspelled names, not counting
the numerous small businesses on Waverley Oaks Road in
Waltham; the latter tend to spell their company names
"Waverly".

One (of the six or so) was funny: The intent was to be
Megiddo Enterprises, but it came out as Meggido, which could
be pronounced "meggy-doo".

I'm deeply troubled by what seems to be unnecessary sub-
literacy, but this is not the List for that; recommendations?

Regards,

Nicholas Bodley ||@|| Waltham, Mass.
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