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[sagehen]

 >I think Larry's point (if I may be so bold as to speak for him) was that
>in large chunks of New England "so Don't the Pats" isn't at all ambiguous.
>  It's just in a stylistic level one wouldn't expect to find in a headline,
>  even in Boston.
>--
>Alice Faber
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Aren't arresting, slangy headlines  the norm, especially on the sports pages?
Would this have been clear to New Englanders because this particular
inverted  syntax  was common, or because they'd have known the Pats'
motives?
A. Murie


A&M Murie
N. Bangor NY
sagehen at westelcom.com