A sign of the Apocalypse?

Wilson Gray wilson.gray at RCN.COM
Tue Apr 5 13:56:43 UTC 2005


On Apr 5, 2005, at 7:49 AM, Orin Hargraves wrote:

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>> Today, Judge Judy said ",,, established that he is the _baby_ father."
>> Hopefully, this was just a lapsus linguae.
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>> -Wilson Gray
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> Or alternatively, she made a natural transference from "babymother" --
> which
> is pretty well established -- or counteralternatively, in her spare
> time (one
> assumes she has lots) she has been watching episodes of BBC2's
> Babyfather.
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> Orin Hargraves
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"Babymother" = "baby's mother" and "Baby father" = "Baby's father"?

-Wilson Gray
Not challenging; just wondering



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