flea circus

[Baker, John]

        The Straight Dope also comes out in favor of their existence,
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_006a.html.


John Baker


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From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Arnold M. Zwicky
Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 12:02 PM
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Subject: flea circus

not surprisingly, there's a wikipedia page:

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flea_circus

which looks scholarly (or is a fabulously well-constructed hoax).

arnold

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