"YMCA" ads-l message

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

Jim,
   I already have the other messages. No need for anyone else to send them.

Best. -- Gerald

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> From:         American Dialect Society on behalf of James A. Landau
> Reply To:     American Dialect Society
> Sent:         Sunday, September 19, 2004 8:10 PM
> To:   ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject:           Re: Including your "YMCA" ads-l message in a  Comments on              Etymology
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> JJJRLandau at aol.com
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> It was my son Joel Landau who found the article and sent it to me.  My only contribution was to ask what the association was between the song "YMCA" and
> homosexuality.
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> Somebody sent me an off-list response explaining the homosexual connections of the song.  I failed to save the message, so could whoever sent it to me please send a copy either to the ADS-L list or to gcohen at UMR.EDU?
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