wreck and ruin

[Alison Murie]

On Feb 6, 2010, at 6:02 PM, Arnold Zwicky wrote:

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> On Feb 6, 2010, at 2:11 PM, Jon Lighter wrote:
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>> Don't forget the still more despised to "wreck havoc."
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>> 125,000 RGs.
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> well, yes, i *said* that.
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> amz
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"Sea wrack"  must come into this somewhere.  I always thought of it
as, not wreckage, but just bits of natural flotsam.
AM

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