not masculine/que er

[Laurence Horn]

At 10:41 AM -0500 1/28/06, RonButters at AOL.COM wrote:
>I look forward (as always) to Arnold's analysis (which he seems to have
>promised in an earlier message), if and when he chooses to give it. Of course,
>maybe he and I just go to different gyms.

Somehow 'maybe X and Y just go to different gyms' sounds like it
should mean more than it probably does...

>
>In a message dated 1/28/06 1:24:43 AM, zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU writes:
>
>
>>  On Jan 27, 2006, at 5:14 PM, RonButters at AOL.COM wrote:
>>
>>  > In a message dated 1/27/06 3:37:55 PM, zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU
>>  > writes:
>>  >
>>  > [about two guys talking in the gym, one using the term "brokeback" to
>  > > characterize some kind of cosmetic product that he was using]

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