Boy, ain't that the truth! For a long time as a youth, reading a lot of science fiction, I had this verb in my head "infrare" (rhymes with "red hair"); it means to manipulate light so that its wavelength falls just below the visible spectrum. Light that has gone through this process has been "infrared" (rhymes with "red-haired"). This verb and participle existed side-by-side with the adjective "infra-red" for a decade or two before it dawned on me...
I gather the analogous confusion over "misled" is much more common. --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* I love being married. I was single for a long time and I just got so sick of finishing my own sentences. -Brian Kiley */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Friday, August 25, 2023 06:58 ....But a lot of my vocabulary comes from reading, so that could be very wrong. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
