Sometimes the articles in the Journal prove of interest in a way probably not intended by their authors.
I wonder how many other readers may have spotted two identical examples of this phenomenon in adjacent discussions in the above issue: ‘G.O.D. and the two halves of the brain’ implies the delightful notion of each half behaving with great courtesy to each other rather than fulfilling a total function.1 Similarly ‘Inventing the wheel in general practice’ carries the idea of how polite the wheels are rather than how necessary it is that they are sufficient to achieve purpose.2
Rather like single gene mistranscription can occasionally have a profound physiological impact, single vowel misplacement can create an intriguing alteration in meaning! (Compliment written instead of complement).
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