Burchfield's Fowler (UNCLASSIFIED)

Wed Aug 12 23:56:17 UTC 2009

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 05:39:17PM -0500, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC wrote:
> Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
> Caveats: NONE
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On
> > Behalf Of George Thompson
> > Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 12:36 PM
> > To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> > Subject: Re: Burchfield's Fowler
> >
> >
> >
> > K. M. R. I. A., (says Myles Crawford, in Ulysses.  This is the English
> > major breaking out in me again.)
> >
>
> Kiss My Red Itchy Ass?
>
> I read Portrait of the Artist in high school, but never got around to
> Ulysses.  What does it stand for?

Royal Irish.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED

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