# Whoah . . . cool word trick

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**Created:** [April 27, 2004, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoah-cool-word-trick/242279 "2004-04-27T14:53:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoah-cool-word-trick/242279/21 "2004-05-10T14:09:29Z")

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The nowhere/now here thing is a central theme on the really interesting TV series Miracles. [Internet Move Database Link](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0320075/)

A great little show a little like the X-files only not so irritating.

Despite being agnostic bordering on atheist, I really enjoyed this series. Weekly episodes dealt with such varied topics as Indian spirits, ghosts, reincarnation, and a whole heap of stuff. I was really sad to find out it’d been axed.

I wonder if the name put people off watching it? I only caught it by accident while flicking channels one night, having avoided it on the assumption it was basically a _Touched by an Angel_-style crapfest.

One of the reviews from the IMDB sums up the story well:

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> Miracles is one of the best series to come out of the U.S. in years. Paul Callan (Skeet Ulrich), a troubled and lonely investigator of modern miracles, has just discovered that “we’re not alone down here.” And that this may not be such a good thing.
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> During an investigation into the mysterious healing powers of a young boy named Tommy Ferguson, Paul is nearly killed in an unexpected accident - and only rescued at the last minute by Tommy’s healing powers. But in those moments near death, Paul looks over to see his own blood forming the words “God is now here.” Tommy heals him, but dies as a result - and Paul is faced with a greater quest than he ever imagined.
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> As Paul tries to understand the ramifications of what has happened to him, he is approached by Alva Keel (Angus Macfadyen), an enigmatic former Harvard professor and current investigator of the paranormal - and who may have the key to Paul’s vision in blood. The men join forces, each feeling that the other possesses the key to a larger mystery - the rapidly growing numbers of “strange occurrences” now happening all over the world.
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> These occurrences - and the visions of others in near death circumstances (whose visions differ from Paul’s by a single space, seeing instead the words “God is Nowhere”) - may in fact point to a frightening and deadly “large event” already on the horizon.
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> With the help of former police officer Evelyn Santos (Marisa Ramirez), these investigators investigate the “miracles” and unexplained occurrences now happening all over the world - and band together to try to find a solution to the coming “darkness”…before it’s too late.

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**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoah-cool-word-trick/242279/22 "2004-05-10T19:33:16Z")

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For a very long time… an embarassingly long time, I misread “misled” as being pronounce “my-zuld”. I have no idea why my brain did it, but that’s how I read it. Reading has always been my strong suit, so imagine my embarassment when I realized I’d also been pronouncing “disheveled” incorrectly for most of my life as well. I had never actually heard either word pronounced aloud until the point that I realized I had been pronouncing it wrong, so I guess that works somewhat in my favor.

Oh, and as for Diagon Alley, and Knock Turn Alley, I had to point those out to my dad and sisters when we were watching the movie. Was totally lost on them.

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**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoah-cool-word-trick/242279/23 "2004-05-10T20:24:24Z")

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I like to say there is a ‘Legend afoot’.

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