Other things with mistaken identities

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Other things with mistaken identities.

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 J1809

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Filed under One thing mistaken for another – miscellaneous.

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Old woman's sneeze mistaken for gunfire

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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

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