-ery (was: cutlery)

[Jonathan Lighter]

Like pterodactyls but worse. A Kodak moment.

JL

On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Mark Mandel <Mark.A.Mandel at gmail.com>wrote:

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> Introduce them to double-dactyls.
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> m a m
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> On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Amy West <medievalist at w-sts.com> wrote:
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> > "Jiggery-pokery" is now part of my boys' vocabulary thanks to (the
> > new) Dr. Who.
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> > ---Amy West
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