"tantamount" = paramount; extremely important

[Laurence Horn]

At 7:41 PM -0500 2/19/08, Mark Mandel wrote:
>Ohhh.... pain.
>
>m a m
>

Well, yes, but it explains why Tonto was so called--obviously because
he was so important to LR.  They were just before their time.

LH

>On Feb 19, 2008 7:22 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>  A _Fox & Friends_ anchor (whom I've had occasion to quote several times in
>>  the past) asked this a.m., about Princess Di's butler, "What could he have
>>  lied about that was so tantamount?"
>>
>>   126 RG's for phrase "is so tantamount," including 2003 (Usenet:
>>  alt.fan.landmark):
>>
>>   "Since religion is so tantamount in people's lives, there is no way to
>>  outlaw it."
>>
>>   JL
>>
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