"sleep gay"?

Mark A. Mandel mamandel at LDC.UPENN.EDU
Wed Mar 15 15:55:36 UTC 2006


Wilson Gray writ:
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Doesn't anybody else remember "act / talk / live, etc. black and sleep
white" from the 'Sixties? It looks like ordinary BE syntax to me: "(live
straight and) sleep gay." I've just awakened from a nap, so I may be missing
the point as a consequence of not being fully alert. If I am missing it, you
know what to do.

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Sleeping day, Wilson?

m a m

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