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[Laurence Horn]

At 3:15 PM -0400 9/26/07, Charles Doyle wrote:
>Yes, "cut" is definitely the "verb of choice" for a fart (cf. "cut
>the cheese")--but alternatives do exist: "blow," "deal," "lay," and
>the Chaucerian "let flee," for example.
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>--Charlie

"let a fart" is not an uncommon collocation even today, one I've
heard [heh heh] far more frequently than "deal" or "lay".

LH

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>>Interesting that the verb of choice for "a fart" is "to cut."
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