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>>Tubfighter?<<
C'mon, Juan, wouldn't the *more correct term be Tubperson?
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It was a locally written story, and the paper does not include all its content on its website, so no joy.
I speculated that the "correction" was automatic because it was so ignorant, and the writer of the article does not usually appear to be ignorant, and because changing "fireman" to "firefighter" is exactly the type of term-management an auto system would impose.
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Sparteye, does that newspaper have an e-address for comments and queries? And if they answer our query without a full apology I would bet that we could send them some nice pointed comments. _______________________  _______  ____________________
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The paper is the Lansing State Journal. The usage appeared in the October 4, 2002, edition, in the Living section of the paper, and was entitled "Book it: '451' will give city quick lift".
The Journal's website is www.lsj.com
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