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#1 2017-04-02 03:14:25

Dixon Wragg
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From: Cotati, California
Registered: 2008-07-04
Posts: 1375

"addage" for "adage"

I stick with the old addage, If It Ain’t Broke Don’t Fix It.
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Obviously this one could be just a misspelling. But perhaps we could make a case for someone thinking of an “addage” as an added-on idea, an afterthought or addendum?

A bit of a stretch, maybe.

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