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Talk:sheet Feb 5th 2013, 23:06 ← Older revision Revision as of 23:06, 5 February 2013 Line 22: Line 22:       :::'''RFVfailed''' in that sense. — [[User:Beobach972|Beobach972]] 02:40, 23 May 2007 (UTC)   :::'''RFVfailed''' in that sense. — [[User:Beobach972|Beobach972]] 02:40, 23 May 2007 (UTC)   +   + ===Sheet = sail? Really?===   +   + The only time I've ever heard this usage was in the old TV show [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ghost_%26_Mrs._Muir_%28TV_series%29|The Ghost and Mrs.Muir]]. In the first episode (I think) Mrs. Muir talks about how nice it is to see the ships with their nice white sheets. To this the ghost roughly complains that those are "sails; the sheets are used to control the sails."   +   + Incorrect usage is not a reason for assuming it is part of a definition. Is there a reasonable number of references to this sort of usage that would justify it being a use of the word and not just a mistake. Otherwise: 'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.'   + [[Special:Contributions/99.245.248.91|99.245.248.91]] 23:06, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

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