On Thu, 03 Jul 2003 00:19:23 +0300, in <alt.privacy.spyware>, Lance
Delacroix <lance_delacroix@fastmail.fm> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 02 Jul 2003 19:39:01 GMT, "YK" <YKnot@home.invalid>
> prounounced a fatwah thus:
>
> >Lance Delacroix wrote:
> >> On Wed, 02 Jul 2003 05:46:50 +0200, karin prounounced a fatwah thus:
> >
> >One entry found for fatwa.
> >
> >Main Entry: fat·wa
> >Pronunciation: 'f&t-w&
>
> I'm transliterating from Arabic. Sounds like -ah to me.
>
> >Function: noun
> >Etymology: Arabic fatwA
> >Date: 1947
> >: a legal opinion or decree handed down by an Islamic religious leader
> >
> >Please adjust your Forte Agent (the simple newsreader for simple people)
> >to correct the spelling.
> >
[snip]
This from someone who posts using Outhouse Excuse.
Well, I already "adjusted" my copy of Agent to solve this problem:
Edit Usenet Filter
Filter Expression: Author: yknot@home.invalid
Kill Action: Mark Read
Scope: Global
Lance, I suggest you do the same.
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