Dave wrote:
"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
"(sic)" signifies an exact reproduction of
the original text - and it was.

yeah, but its usually only used to flag an error in the original text so
that readers know that the person quoting it did not introduce the error.

Nothing said about any "error" in the definition of "(sic)".
The use was entirely appropriate for a largely US audience.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp