adolf & aryan taken from mom, dad.

[Jonathan Lighter]

Yeah, but I knew I was doing it, and I felt like a weirdo.

The style, however, seemed to dictate the choice.  I also figured
someone would notice.

JL

On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 6:42 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Jonathan Lighter
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>> ... the kid ... _it_ ...
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> See, there? I told you so! People *do* (occasionally) use _it_ to
> refer to a child when its sex is of no moment.
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