Vaudeville; Popeye

[Alice Faber]

Mark Odegard said:
>"I yam what I yam"
>
>Has anyone other than myself wondered if 'Segar' was  mincing or bilingually
>punning the Tetragrammaton (YHWH +vowel points)? Or if it occurred to him
>that this interpretation could be put upon it?

I've always assumed this...

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