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From: markb@sdcrdcf.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Re: (sic)
Message-ID: <326@sdcrdcf.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 15-Jun-83 09:42:16 EDT
Article-I.D.: sdcrdcf.326
Posted: Wed Jun 15 09:42:16 1983
Date-Received: Thu, 16-Jun-83 21:36:41 EDT
References: <213@gatech.UUCP>
Reply-To: markb@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Mark Biggar)
Organization: System Development Corporation--a Burroughs Company
Lines: 6

(sic) stands for "set in case" and was used as a signal to hand typesetters
way back when to signify that the previous word was not mispelled and should
be printed as written.

					Mark Biggar
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