eerie

[Wilson Gray]

FWIW, it could mean "creepy," IMO.

-Wilson

On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> The current film, "The Fantastic Mr. Fox" includes the following rhyme
> which
> is critically described by one character (no friend of B & B & B) as "an
> eerie little" ditty:
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> "Boggis and Bunce and Bean, One short, one fat, one lean. These horrible
> crooks, so different in looks, were nonetheless equally mean."
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> Here it seems to mean something like "quaint or notable."
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> JL
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