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[Fred Shapiro]

On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Douglas G. Wilson wrote:

> In fact, I think Mr. Safire has erroneously transcribed 'gawker' as
> 'gonker' in the above quotation.

Yes, clearly you are correct about that.

Fred Shapiro


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