Lousy-ana; Stepwell

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Tue Sep 13 04:54:42 UTC 2005


STEPWELL
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STEPWELL + BUS--849 Google hits, 39 Google Groups hits
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I took a bus today and noticed the word "stepwell" for where I was  standing.
"Stairwell" is well-attested (bad pun) in the OED. "Stepwell" is not  in the
OED?
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LOUSY-ANA
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LOUSYANA--3,890 Google hits, 210 Google Groups hits
LOUSY-ANA--3,220 Google hits, 59 Google Groups hits
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This Louisiana nickname is much older than this past month. HDAS????
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(GOOGLE NEWS)
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_Vietnamese evacuees shun shelters_
(http://www.thsv.org/news_details.aspx?newsID=721)
Union of Vietnamese Student Associations of Southern  California, CA -
<NOBR>Sep 1
... month ago. "It used to be Louisiana, but now we call it  Lousy-ana," said
Thanh, who is staying at the Buddhist temple.  Some Vietnamese ...



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