michigan handshake

[Lynne Murphy]

In Ann Landers' column of 9/11/96, we have:

Dear Readers: At least 5,000 letters have arrived asking, "What is a
Michigan handshake?" It's a firm,
no-nonsense grasp that means "goodbye" and lets the recipient know you
really mean it.

Now, this doesn't let us know why it's "Michigan."  Interestingly, this
is the only instance of "Michigan handshake" that came up when I
searched the phrase on Infoseek, so maybe Ann Landers is the only person
who uses it!

Lynne


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M. Lynne Murphy, Assistant Professor in Linguistics
Department of English, Baylor University
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