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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 smoke Words in a foreign language thought to be insults Learned words misunderstood by uneducated Conversation by sign language mutually misunderstood Other misunderstandings of words Setting sun mistaken for fire Other things with mistaken identities

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