to "course-correct"

[Jonathan Lighter]

"You'll be sahree!" (to a modified "nyaa-nyaa" melody) and "nervous in the
service" were big in WWII.

I'm surprised the former lasted as long as it did.

JL

On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 1:17 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
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> > I'd have thought it was "re-" + (sign) "up."
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> > The oath-taking reference seems fanciful to me. The swearing-in itself
> > seems hardly ever to be alluded to.
> >
>
> Yes.
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