ancestor = "descendant"

[Barbara Need]

At 17:34 -0500 01/3/07, Jesse Sheidlower wrote:
>On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 04:28:49PM -0600, Barbara Need wrote:
>  >
>  > If someone cares for the details, I
>  > will check my print version.
>
>Yes please!
>
>Jesse Sheidlower
>OED

At 14:39 -0800 01/3/07, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>Oh, Barbara, pleease do.

Blast! I can't find it. It was NOT in the print version of the
Trib--which means I saw it on line somewhere. I am not having any
luck with Google. Maybe I can find it when I get in to work tomorrow.

I will remember to post such uses in the future.

Sorry,

Barbara

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