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Re: Excuse me, Miss Pronunciation?

To: "Dan Strassberg" <dan.strassberg@att.net>
Subject: Re: Excuse me, Miss Pronunciation?
From: "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@attorneyross.com>
Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 01:07:00 -0400
Cc: "Boston Radio Interest" <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
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On 5 Sep 2002 at 7:23, Dan Strassberg wrote:

> Make _due???_ Is the expression really "make due"? Perhaps the idiom was
> adapted from a legal term that, not being an attorney, I'm not familiar
> with. I thought (and have thought for over 60 years) that the expression
> was "make do", as in make <whatever> _do_ <the task at hand>. Have I been
> wrong all that time?

It was 12:40 AM.

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