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[Laurence Horn]

At 10:52 PM -0400 3/31/09, Victor wrote:
>You forgot to add /dog!

or (at least for me) usu. hound

>Cohen, Gerald Leonard wrote:
>>Perhaps American pronunciation of "Afghanistan" is partly influenced by =
>>our familiarity with "afghan" (type blanket/shawl/wrap).
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