"... a wry _smurk_ came over his face ..."

[Jonathan Lighter]

My neighbor, Dennis Ryan of Oshkosh, drolly employed "gnurd" as a substitute
for "nerd" whenever possible in the long-ago of 1974-75.

Victor is only the second person in my experience to do this; thus, no HDAS
entry for "gnurd."

Like Dennis, I trust that Victor pronounces the "g."

JL
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 8:16 PM, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> "Anymore"? The headache excuse is for concubines and mistresses...
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> VS-)
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> On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 8:02 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Stop it, Joel! I don't want to play anymore. I'm getting a headache. ;-)
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