a wiener is not a hot dog

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 10:55 AM,  <RonButters at aol.com> wrote:
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> Circumcision is when someone cuts off part of someone's wienie/weenie.
> Circumcision is when someone cuts off part of someone's wiener/weener.
> *?Circumcision is when someone cuts off part of someone's hot dog.
> *Circumcision is when someone cuts off part of someone's frankfurter.

Well, figurative extensions are always possible, as in the "franks and
beans" scene in "There's Something About Mary".


--Ben Zimmer

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