Our Simon

[Barbara Need]

>In a message dated 8/20/04 3:33:25 PM, gogaku at IX.NETCOM.COM writes:
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>>  On the Dave Ross show on 710 KIRO, Bill Press used the word "Simon" to
>>  mean judge this morning.
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>>  I'm paraphrasing from memory, but he said something like, "Would you be
>>  our Simon?" when asking the producer or director to judge his name the
>>  beer-drinking bear contest.
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>>  The first thing that went through my head was trying to figure out a
>>  connection to Simon Says, but then I woke up to the glory and
>>  realization of popular culture. May Simon Cowell live forever in
>>  greatness.
>>
>>  Benjamin Barrett
>>  Baking the World a Better Place (with ice cream)
>>  www.hiroki.us
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>Sure he didn't say "Solomon?" Who is Simon Cowell?

Not a watcher of American Idol? Mind you, I have never seen it, but I
saw the ads and some commentary. The gentleman in question is now
showing up on a Vanilla Coke ad.

Barbara Need
UChicago--Linguistics