The stink/The stank

Douglas Bigham TlhovwI at AOL.COM
Fri Feb 4 07:23:20 UTC 2005


Double-entendre?  No.  I can't even think of one, in fact.  It's definitely a
single entendre.

-doug

In a message dated 1/21/2005 8:52:59 AM Central Standard Time,
wilson.gray at RCN.COM writes:
Is there a double-entendre in there for you, doug? For me there is.

-Wilson

On Jan 21, 2005, at 2:02 AM, Douglas Bigham wrote:

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> Anecdote Alert: "Stank" has been my body-odor noun of choice at least
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> high school.
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> -doug
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> -dsb
> Douglas S. Bigham
> Department of Linguistics
> University of Texas - Austin
> http://hometown.aol.com/capn002/myhomepage/index.html
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-dsb
Douglas S. Bigham
Department of Linguistics
University of Texas - Austin
http://hometown.aol.com/capn002/myhomepage/index.html



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