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> Fortuitously, AR didn't have all that many customers at the time, so only 15 or so people were affected. Less than fortuitously, those 15 folks had 10 to 100 messages queued, each.

Excuse me for caviling at your post, but "fortuitously" is a synonym for "accidentally", not "fortunately".



... and apparently people have been saying that about "fortuitously" since the 1920s.


Well, a quick definition says "happening by accident or chance." Well I suspect he didn't know the proper definition (I certainly didn't) it's not that bad a choice.

Thanks for the comment though - I personally always appreciate a gracious correction.


I think what he meant was "It just so happened,"




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