>>Not so much a stupid question as a stupid asker, or interpretation of the answer, this one:
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>>I was once at Plimouth (sic) Plantation, in Mass. - a mock-up of the Pilgrim Fathers' village, complete with actors playing the actual colonists, with names, and keeping chronistically in character.
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>Are you sure you were in Plimouth? <g>
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Yes, he was. I've been there, too. It's a tourist attraction outside Boston (right near Cranberry World). http://www.plimoth.org/


On a more serious note, "(sic)" indicates that the writer is reproducing something with the original errors included. It's used, for example, when quoting an ungrammatical statement.

Tamar