Saturday, May 28, 2005

The Phields Lay Phallow

Of course I'm always getting phishing email, as I'm sure most of you are.
Sometimes I actually read it. One I received today purported to be from LaSalle Bank, warning me about their imminent software upgrade.
The best line from the email:
"This instruction has been sent to all bank customers and is obligatory to fallow."
Of course, that last word got by their spell checker, as it is a genuine English word. As we become less and less agrarian, fewer people know its meaning. I am wondering, however, if these phishers might be trying to transliterate the word "follow" for New Englanders. Many here say "fallow" the way the midwesterners say "follow."
Oh, the cunning of these pholks!
Peace,
Tor
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