Cheerlore WAS Re: "folk" with an L (UNCLASSIFIED)

Tue Mar 16 19:48:36 UTC 2010

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Reek 'em
Rack 'em
Rick 'em
Ruck 'em

Go out there
And really
Beat 'em!

Rah Rah Ree
Hit 'em in the knee
Rah Rah Rass
Hit 'em in the other knee!

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> From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On
> Behalf Of Charles Doyle
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> Subject: Re: "folk" with an L
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> Subject:      Re: "folk" with an L
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> Cheerlore is an interesting little folk genre. Another text (from a
> parochial school, obviously):
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> Bene arm,
> Bene leg,
> Benedict!
>
> --Charlie
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