gatt writes:

If you think it's an urban legend, than show me what you have.

The burden of proof is on the person who makes the original claim.
I'm not required to prove that there are no pink elephants.

Otherwise, as a graduate of the School of Journalism, I'll give
folks the same advice the pilots have been giving you out here;
don't stick your nose in stuff you don't know unless you've got
something to demonstrate that you do, in fact, know it.

What does journalism have to do with printing and typesetting (or
aviation, for that matter)?

I'll take an actual printing press operator's word over yours
as quickly as I'll take an pilot's. Sorry.

That is your prerogative; you need not apologize for it.

Experience and credential still mean more to me than something
you might have read on the internet.

Well, hopefully nothing will ever happen that will force you to change
your mind. It has happened to me, though, and so I'm not quite so
trusting today.

Thanks. If I need your analysis of American grammar and print history, I'll
ask for it.

I don't recall discussing grammar, but I'll be happy to give analyses
in any area that I know something about. But grammar and print don't
really belong in this group.

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