[Ads-l] stray maverick notes

Wilson Gray hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Sat Aug 1 03:35:28 UTC 2015


On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 10:05 AM, Stephen Goranson <goranson at duke.edu>
wrote:

> mauvrik


Corresponds to the usual BE pronunciation of the surname of the Maverick
brothers, Brett and Bart, back in the day. Surely, a mere coincidence!
-- 
-Wilson
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