RE "Shoot beaver"?

[Ben Zimmer]

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 4:33 AM, Michael Quinion wrote:
>
> Many problems in etymology have been resolved by members working together,
> in a way that would have been much harder if they had had to communicate
> one-on-one. That is sufficient justification for the list and excuses the
> irrelevancies that appear from time to time.

At the risk of posting one of those "Me, too!" messages that clutter
up Ron's inbox... I heartily concur.

--bgz

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