Jenny Agutter (was went walkabout ) (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Wilson Gray]

Admit it, G. You're funning with me!

-W

On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Cohen, Gerald Leonard<gcohen at mst.edu> wrote:
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> No I wasn't messing with Wilson. Â I was just wondering how the French =
> term he used could have acquired the meaning "something really =
> excellent." I know that Wilson didn't invent the term or its varied =
> usage.
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> Anyway, please consider my question merely musing. =20
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> G.
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> Message from Wilson Gray, Thu 6/25/2009 9:02 PM
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> G, I don't think that total command of the dialect is required. Of
> course, I could very well be leaping to an unwarranted conclusion. You
> never know. Or are you just messing with me?
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> -Wilson
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> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 9:20 PM, Cohen, Gerald Leonard<gcohen at mst.edu> =
> wrote:
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>> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 7:28 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> =C2 <snip>
>> =C2 That movie is - if y'all will pahdn ma Fraynch - a muthafukka!
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>> And how does this French term describe something favorable?
>>
>> Gerald Cohen
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