Anticipatory Scottish?

James Harbeck jharbeck at SYMPATICO.CA
Wed Apr 25 01:51:16 UTC 2012


As Diamanda Galas might say, "Scotosemiotics? Skotoseme."

James Harbeck.

(Skotoseme is Greek for "kill me.")

On 2012-04-24, at 9:30 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

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> "Scottophobia" is fear of Sir Walter Scott. Like it or not, you're thinking
> of "Scotophobia."
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> JL
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