Turducken & Churkendoose; WD-40

[Laurence Horn]

At 6:22 AM -0800 11/15/07, Arnold M. Zwicky wrote:
>On Nov 15, 2007, at 5:23 AM, Charlie Doyle wrote:
>
>>Discussions of--and references to--"turducken" suddenly seem to be
>>all over the media and the internet and casual conversations!
>
>it's a thanksgiving thing.  it's come up at this time of year for
>several years now.

I think the trajectory, as A. W. Read would say, is largely a matter
of the efforts of John Madden,perennial color commentator on one of
the National Football League Thanksgiving Day games, to popularize
this particular delicacy.

LH

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