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Old 02-23-2019, 05:33 PM   #8
Benthic2
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Absolutely !!! I'd like to add the following:

"tablet", can only refer to something engraved in stone
"chip" must refer to a piece of deep fried potato
"microchip" is a very small chip ( see above )
"led" is the past participle of lead


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