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principle vs. principal

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(idea) by icicle (2.8 wk) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Mon May 22 2000 at 4:47:39

The mnemonic principle is no more elegant than the principal is your pal. It's more like this:

The spellings are easily confused, but there's also a special kind of stupidity they keep on reserve for administrative types. In my case, my high school principal was a sort of fairweather friend, and I some sort of scholarship-getting, free-speech-loving nuisance.

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