OT: another -gate

[Joel S. Berson]

At 8/8/2010 09:02 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>[Berson at att.net had written]
>>Jorl
>That was certainly a nice, well-behaved -gate, what with their
>attempts at denial, misreporting, and all.  Not the ring of
>"Pearly-gate" or "Underwater-gate", but a good -gate nonetheless.
>
>LH (noting that Jorl must have been covering up that /r/ all these years)

I've repeatedly claimed that I'm rhotic.  What I have been covering
up is that I'm from Krypton.  And I've altered my name slightly to
disguise my relationship to my better-known son.  (In the message
Larry referred to I simply forgot which letter I customarily suppressed.)

Joel

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