I wasn't going to say anything about SWIFT being part of the solution to today's Jumble, but I just found out that PURVUE is spelled PURVIEW. Hmmph.Since I was wrong about one, I'm going to wonder about the other:
Does anybody use swift anymore for anything besides in the phrase "not too swift"? A zillion years ago there was Tom Swift and his bright red rocket, or his ray-gun or something, and I think most English speakers know that it means fast, but does anybody actually use it? I think I always use fast.
As for purview, once again my vocabulary exceeds my spelling.
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I used "poppycock" the other day and was accused of cursing.
I'm not really sure I didn't mean it that way, either.
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