"mores" with silent E

[David A. Daniel]

There was a Smothers Brothers routine whereby (I don't remember the exact
logical sequence, if there was one) the people who governed the country wore
more clothing than the people who were governed. Therefore, the people were
the less-ons and the governors were the more-ons. So maybe NPR is now using
mores as short for more-ons. ;) Waddaya think?
DAD


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Neal Whitman
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Sorry, Jon!

Anyway, no, they were definitely talking about customs, unwritten rules,
etc.

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From: "Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET>
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Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 10:16 AM
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> At 8/3/2010 08:19 AM, Neal Whitman wrote:
>>Damien's closing "oh, tempura! Oh, morays!" reminded me that some
>>time last week on NPR, I heard someone  mention the mores of
>>society, pronounced to rhyme with "pores".
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> I think it was Jon Lighter who wrote that.  It was clearly an
> allusion to the Japanese gustatory delight with eel.
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> Was the speaker on NPR alluding to the haves vs. the have-nots?
>
> Joel
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