Irish Lingo & Million Dollar Baby

[Mullins, Bill]

> Sender: American Dialect Society
> Poster: Wilson Gray
> Subject: Re: Irish Lingo & Million Dollar Baby
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> Which reminds me, the song title is
> "Harrigan," not "Harrington." No wonder that I couldn't match
> the meter with the song: "Spell it H, A, dooble R, I, G, A, N
> ?spells 'Harrigan'? That's me!"


My level of cultural sophistication isn't as advanced; I only know the
lyrics as "G, I, double L, I, G, A, N spells Gilligan" from the TV show.

And I can't here the music to "Barber of Seville" without a mental image
of Bugs Bunny giving Elmer Fudd a haircut.