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[Laurence Horn]

At 5:13 PM -0500 2/22/07, Wilson Gray wrote:
>When I was in the third grade, a group of us followed Lee Lanier
>around, chanting,
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>"Lanier is a Frenchy name!"
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>It made him cry.
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>-Wilson

I somehow doubt it would have had the same effect on Bob Lanier, the
center for the Pistons and Bucks with the 6'11"/250 lb. frame and the
legendary size 22 shoes.

LH

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>On 2/21/07, David Bergdahl <dlbrgdhl at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>On 2/21/07, Charles Doyle <cdoyle at uga.edu> wrote:
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>>>  And this (unAmerican?) pattern seems to be spreading. For example, the
>>>  Atlanta zoo called Zoo Atlanta.
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>>>  --Charlie
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>>Un-American, like "Lake Erie" or "Canal Winchester" (a suburb of Columbus)
>>or  many other Frenchy names?
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>>:-)
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