Unusual application of "kike" (UNCLASSIFIED)

Mullins, Bill AMRDEC Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL
Tue Dec 11 16:13:23 UTC 2012


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On
> Behalf Of Jonathan Lighter
> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 7:59 PM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: Unusual application of "kike"
>
>
> As a name for a young woman's sailboat, I suggest that "Kite" was
> intended.

If "kike" was a typo for "kite", it was used more than once in the
article (although I only posted one occurrence).


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