[bksvol-discuss] Re: Odd phrase in book-- was Re: Proofreading Software
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 23:46:28 -0700 (PDT)
basket ball three-pointers is what came to mh mind, tto. I couldn't find
anything online.
Cindy
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--- On Tue, 3/23/10, Mike <mlsestak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Mike <mlsestak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Odd phrase in book-- was Re: Proofreading Software
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, March 23, 2010, 9:27 PM
> Basketball could be it. They
> were talking about when they were much
> younger. Or Roger could be right, tha writer could
> have made it up.
>
> I really intended to change the subject when I sent the
> first message,
> really I did.
>
> Misha
>
> Valerie Maples wrote:
> > I have only heard it in terms of basketball and
> three point shots. Not sure how that fits into police
> stories, though, unless it is in their off time...
> >
> > Valerie
> >
> >
> > On Mar 23, 2010, at 10:28 PM, Mike wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Does anyone know what "rackin' threes"
> means? It is probably police jargon if that helps
> any. The book I am proofing has it. Part way
> through the book, many words that begin with the letter r
> have the space before them and the r removed. So I
> thought it was probably one of these errors, but wasn't
> sure. To see if it was a real phrase (and what it
> might mean), I put it into google with quotes around
> it. The single item returned (and I don't know if I've
> ever gotten only a single item returned from google before)
> was the line from the book on books.google.com
> >>
> >> So, I know the phrase is in the book as I thought,
> but I still haven't a clue what it means.
> >>
> >> Misha
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