Charlie

[Dennis R. Preston]

Not takin the bait.

dInIs

>At 12:22 PM -0400 10/10/04, Dennis R. Preston wrote:
>>The closest I can get is Japanese "shamo," a fighting cock.
>
>--which in Southern Japan (I gather) means the opposite of what it
>means in the North...
>
>L


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Dennis R. Preston
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