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#1 2007-07-17 09:28:21

klakritz
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From: Winchester Massachusetts
Registered: 2005-10-25
Posts: 674

'conversation commission' for 'conservation commission'

This transposition seems to occur too often to be random, and I didn’t see it used deliberately. Perhaps it subliminally reflects an opinion that conservationists are overly talkative and obstructive. 500+ ghits:

The Tax Supervising and Conversation Commission already exists and is mandated to review local governmental budgets;...
www.samforpdx.com/arts.html

The Commission discussed the possibility of high school students attending or acting as a liaison to the Conversation Commission …
www.ashland.or.us/Agendas.asp?Display=Minutes&AMID=2690

The Middlebury Conversation Commission’s goal is to continue duties and responsibilities in the protection of the Town’s ntural resources and wetland …
www.middlebury-ct.org/wetlands.php

...these locations to be reviewed with the Conversation Commission on 4/1 at 9am. The Conversation Commission’s particular concern was that the drilling not …
groundwaterprogram.army.mil/cleanup/reports/2002/mar25-29.pdf

If you are looking to get into State law enforcement here in Florida, apply to the Fish and Wildlife Conversation Commission (FWC).
forums.officer.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-55589.html

Per the plant’s Turtle permit, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conversation Commission (FWCC) was notified at 1715 EDT.
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/ … 820en.html

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#2 2007-07-18 14:30:02

jorkel
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Registered: 2006-08-08
Posts: 1456

Re: 'conversation commission' for 'conservation commission'

I thought this one sounded familiar

Conservation >> Conversation by rcjones@rmplc.co.uk Contribute! 0 2007-05-22 08:48:07 by rcjones@rmplc.co.uk

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#3 2007-07-18 16:58:59

klakritz
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From: Winchester Massachusetts
Registered: 2005-10-25
Posts: 674

Re: 'conversation commission' for 'conservation commission'

Sorry!

Not that it’s an excuse, but someday one of us will have to replace and improve the search engine.

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