Bulgarian Phrases

[Lynne Murphy]

>On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Laurence Horn wrote:
>
>>  communities) while "whore" often, I suspect, remains too strongly
>>  derogatory to be playful, whether in the original or the now trendy
>>  form of "ho". '
>
>At the Souper Salad across the street from where I work, they have a new
>Southwestern Style menu, featuring a flavor called "BBQ Ho Down".
>
>--- Steve K.

This reminds me of a candy box I have from (I think) Vermont that
says "Ho-made Candies."  (The box is at least 12 years old.  I often
look at it and wonder if the company has realized what this means now
and has appropriately changed their spelling.)

Lynne
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