"Who-shot-John"

[Jonathan Lighter]

More often articulated as "Who shot J.R.?"

JL

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
> > In 1980, of course, that became "Who shot John Ross?"
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> Say what? I don't  get the reference.
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> A friend of mine from North Carolina - he of "up the skreek" fame -
> calls the Virginia kind of who-shot-john "HOO-raw."
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