ah/ awe

[Laurence Horn]

At 11:55 AM -0400 10/3/06, Charles Doyle wrote:
>If we're going to be scientific, it is important to establish with
>precision the identity of the substance that the moon is not made of
>. . . .
>
>--Charlie

Indeed...

"I'd like a cup of coffee without cream."
"Sorry, we're out of cream.  You'll have to take it without milk."

L

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>---- Original message ----
>>Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 11:13:57 EDT
>>From: RonButters at AOL.COM
>>Subject: Re: ?  ?  ?  Re: [ADS-L] ah/ awe
>>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
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>>In a message dated 10/3/06 11:09:54 AM, cdoyle at UGA.EDU writes:
>>
>>
>>>  Green PEAS??
>>>
>>
>>Sorry, I should have said, "the opinion that normal people from
>>Connecticut have a monophthongal vowel in the word 'right' has the
>>scientific status of a theory that the moon is made of green
>>CHIVES."
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