Quoted in the NYT:

[Ron butters]

Yeah, yeah, but there is a "me" pretending not to be there by arch anagram.

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On Nov 18, 2011, at 8:51 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Yeah, but there is no "I" in "team."
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> JL
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> On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Charles C Doyle <cdoyle at uga.edu> wrote:
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>> There is a "me" in "American."
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>> --Charlie
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