[Ads-l] brew ha ha

[Jonathan Lighter]

Possibly it was Schilling that the crawl referred to.  If so, I apologize
to the accused.

JL

On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 12:37 PM, Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at gmail.com> wrote:

> Coincidentally enough, the New York Times noted Curt Schilling's use of
> "brew ha ha" and slyly corrected it.
>
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/21/sports/baseball/curt-schilling-espn-transgender.html
> “This latest brew ha ha is beyond hilarious,” he wrote of the brouhaha.
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 9:54 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > The CNN crawl quotes one of the indicted Michigan officials as describing
> > the criminal charges against him as one more of "those brew ha has" that
> > develop now and then.
> >
> > Obviously something that seems funny after a few beers.
> >
> > BTW, there is a chain of coffee houses in Delaware and environs called
> > "Brew Haha!" but so what?
> >
> >
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