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Re: How to almost-see in ultraviolet
Posted By: Darien, on host 207.10.37.2
Date: Wednesday, March 1, 2000, at 20:45:57
In Reply To: Re: How to almost-see in ultraviolet posted by Enigma on Wednesday, March 1, 2000, at 20:39:39:

> Wavelength - Frequency
> Generator - Transformer
>
> These are a few of the related-but-very-different words that my mind somehow confuses all the time. I know what they mean individually, but what does that have to do with it? Somehow, these word pairs got hard-wired into my brain as synonymous when I was much younger, and I haven't been able to break it yet. Are there any word-pairs that any of you guys _always_ stumble over?

Well, off the top of my head, there's "ridiculous - rediculous." The former means "worthy of ridicule," while the latter means "diculous again."

Dar "That one was for Sam ;-}" ien