Fwd: Sworn to virginity and living as men in Albania

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

on the cross-dressing theme ...

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Lauren Hall-Lew <dialect at stanford.edu>
> Date: June 23, 2008 11:36:30 PM PDT
> To: Socio <socio at csli.stanford.edu>
> Subject: Fwd: Sworn to virginity and living as men in Albania
>
> "Sworn to virginity and living as men in Albania"
>
> http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/23/europe/virgins.php?WT.mc_id=newsalert
>
> The linguistic bit: "Keqi, who has a bellowing baritone voice, sits
> with her legs open wide like a man and relishes downing shots of
> Raki and smoking cigarettes"
>

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