"Ima Hogg" redux

[Charles Doyle]

Didn't Ernie Pyle used to style himself "the poor man's hemorrhoid"?

--Charlie
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>Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 11:44:58 -0400
>From: "Dennis R. Preston" <preston at MSU.EDU>
>Subject: Re: "Ima Hogg" redux

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>Alhough I find many younger speakers who do not know this synonym for the unspellable condition.
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>dInIs
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>>
>>The surname, "Pyles," is itself right funny.
>>
>>-Wilson

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