[PW] "somaria exhaustion"?

John P. Dyson dyson at indiana.edu
Mon Mar 17 11:08:59 PDT 2008


Quoting AllenAmet at aol.com:

>  In a related grave plot, the cause of death is listed as "Somaria
> Exhaustion."
>
>  That cemetery is closed today, so I thought I would just ask if  anyone has
> ever seen this kind of "misprint" before?   What sounds  like, etc.?  If I
> get a good answer from them tmw, will relay of  course... I don't have the
> original handwriting to check - I think it was  computer generated..


Hey Allen,

It looks like a garbled form of "somatic exhaustion:" plumb pooped out.

John Dyson



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