Hameo-Semitic

[Wilson Gray]

And I'd bet money that Jen pronounces it "Hameo-Semetic," just as
surely as I fail to distinguish "Jen" from "gin," except in spelling.

-Wilson

On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 4:16 PM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>  In other words, Hamito-Semitic.  Not in OED:
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>   2003 Jennifer Caban in _Parabola_ (Winter) 32: You might have taken him for any dark young man of Hameo-Semitic stock.
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