Tenny Runners (tennis shoes) (1965)

[Barnhart]

American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> writes:
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>Poster:       "Arnold M. Zwicky" <zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU>
>Subject:      Re: Tenny Runners (tennis shoes) (1965)
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>On Sep 22, 2006, at 11:50 AM, i wrote:
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>> ... my ozzie son-in-law reports
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>i meant "aussie".  pronounced "ozzie".
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>arnold
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See The Barnhart Dictionary Companion (Vol. 5.3-4, c1989) for an entry for
Oz meaning Aus.

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