The n/N-word

[Dan Goncharoff]

Now I always heard the punchline as "What's this 'we' jazz, kimosabe?"

DanG

On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 6:01 PM, Lisa Galvin <lisagal23 at hotmail.com> wrote:

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> Or the Native American variation that the father of my childhood best
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