snuffy smith's home identified by regional dialect

[Dennis R. Preston]

Fearless Fosdick of course. Capp had a way with names. My favorite
was the Russian Sabre dancer Lopya Headoff.

dInIs

>Yes! Evil-Eye Fleagle! Thanks! Now, what about the square-jawed Dick
>Tracy parody who always got his arse shot off, but was never even
>wounded, let alone killed. (When I was in the War, we used to sing a
>British anti-war song whose only line I can remember is, "I don't want
>to get me arse shot off." The line, "I don't want to go war," may have
>preceded or followed it.)
>
>-Wilson
>
>On Nov 9, 2004, at 2:17 PM, Mullins, Bill wrote:
>
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>>Poster:       "Mullins, Bill" <Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL>
>>Subject:      Re: snuffy smith's home identified by regional dialect
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>>  What was the
>>>name of the guy who always wore a zoot suit with the drape
>>>shape and the reet pleat and had the power of the whammy?
>>>
>>
>>Eagle Eye McFleegle?