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One thing mistaken for another – miscellaneous.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd misunderstandings. · One thing mistaken for another. · One thing mistaken for another – miscellaneous. · view the constellation · filed as J1800

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Breath in the cold thought to be tobacco smokeWords in a foreign language thought to be insultsLearned words misunderstood by uneducatedConversation by sign language mutually misunderstoodOther misunderstandings of wordsSetting sun mistaken for fireOther things with mistaken identities

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