Burchfield's Fowler (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Wilson Gray]

"Rosy-red" and "charcoal-grey" were variants used in the Saint Louis
of my lost youth. Varying according to the speaker's race, of course.

-Wilson

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Jonathan Lighter<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Another of the wonders revealed so long ago by HDAS s.v. KMA (IIRC).
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> "Royal Canadian" is a version known in the land of health-care slavery.
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> JL
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> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 8:14 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:
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>> At 7:56 PM -0400 8/12/09, Jesse Sheidlower wrote:
>> >On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 05:39:17PM -0500, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC wrote:
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>> >>  > Behalf Of George Thompson
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>> >>  > K. M. R. I. A., (says Myles Crawford, in Ulysses.  This is the
>> English
>> >>  > major breaking out in me again.)
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>> >>  Kiss My Red Itchy Ass?
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>> >>  I read Portrait of the Artist in high school, but never got around to
>> >>  Ulysses.  What does it stand for?
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>> >Royal Irish.
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>> And technically the A stands for "arse".
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>> LH
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-Wilson
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