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Wesley the Owl - Facts or Fiction?

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Subject: Wesley the Owl - Facts or Fiction?
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Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:41:01 +0000
Another possibility is that the author delivered a perfectly sensible MS to the publisher and they insisted on rewriting because they thought they knew what their readers wanted (or because they could sense a Disney tie-in).

This happens all to often, and the public responds by buying fewer and fewer books each year.

John Leonard

On , Ian Martin <> wrote:
Hi Syd,


 From Websters - 3rd meaning for "Poop"


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poop3

Slang

n.

[prob.
1. excrement; feces

2. the pertinent facts, esp. current inside information

vi.

to defecate

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ie definitely slang and not scientific ... even in the US :-0



Regards

Ian






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