very minor note on "lady"

[Jonathan Lighter]

The jest had reached Australia by 1884:  1884 _The North Australian_
(Darwin, N.T.) (Sept. 26) 5
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/47992790?searchTerm=court%20reports%20(firstpageseq:4%20OR%20firstpageseq:5)&searchLimits=l-title=North+Australian+(Darwin%2C...%7Ctitleid%3A80
:
An old German resident in Adelaide was informed that a lady had called to
see him in his absence. " A lady," he muttered aloud; a lady ?" Upon an
accurate description being given, he suddenly brightened up and added: "Oh !
dot vos no lady! Dot vas my vife !"

JL


On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 1:44 AM, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> Of course, which is why I called it the winner.
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> VS-)
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> On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 1:24 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 3:05 PM, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>
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> >> Who's That Lady?
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> > A pun, if you're familiar with the song of that title by the Isley
> Brothers.
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> > --
> > -Wilson
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