ancient Chinese saying

[Jonathan Lighter]

>There's a traditional eye-diatect spelling for this this kind of "Chinese":

_quittee_ or _quit-ee_

Brain cells...fading! Meaning...unclear! Wha?


JL



On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 1:51 AM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>
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> > ancient Chinese saying
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> In my lost boyhood, likewise said to be a "Chinese saying,"
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> Man with long pole make broad jump.
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> There's a traditional eye-diatect spelling for this this kind of "Chinese":
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> _quittee_ or _quit-ee_
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