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[Laurence Horn]

At 7:31 AM -0700 3/28/08, Katharine The Grate wrote:
>What I meant was the "place in society" part.   I don't think there were a
>lot of tee shirts being sold with the word 'suck' on them before that.
>
>K

I wonder when those T-shirts started to show up with (e.g.) HARVARD
SUCKS on the front and PRINCETON SWALLOWS on the back.  Ron, didn't
you cite one of those in your paper involving Duke and North Carolina
or two some other pair of educational institutions in the area?

LH

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>>
>>Oh no, I don't think Maggie had anything to do with it. I learned the
>>word in the early 70s in eastern MA and I asked my mother what it
>>meant (and why it was a word I shouldn't use!). She certainly
>>mentioned the sexual connotation as part of her explanation.
>>
>>Barbara
>>
>>Barbara Need
>>
>>On 27 Mar 2008, at 14:14, Katharine The Grate wrote:
>>
>>>I think it was little Maggie Simpson and her pacifier that helped
>>>the word
>>>find a place in society.
>>>
>>>Katharine
>>>
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