Ram-beggur

[Jonathan Lighter]

Can we?

  JL

Charles Doyle <cdoyle at UGA.EDU> wrote:
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So we can conclude, at least, that it was not originally an
Amerindian word . . . .
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>Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 05:58:43 -0700
>From: Jonathan Lighter
>Subject: Re: Ram-beggur
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
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> . . . *Ram-bugger makes good sense, but without further
data in the form, for example, of additional cites, the
precise meaning of "rambeggur" remains a mystery.
>
> But obviously it was uncomplimentary.
>
> JL

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