'Bobonkt'

Mon Jul 10 21:06:51 UTC 2006

If the handwriting is bad enough, it could be "tobacky."

  JL

"Arnold M. Zwicky" <zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU> wrote:
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On Jul 10, 2006, at 12:18 PM, Stephen Goranson wrote:

> Another
> WAG: to
> have her hair cut or done up in a bob fashion.

so, maybe, some venture at spelling "bobbing". at least there's
velarity and nasality in it.

arnold

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