avoidance

[Laurence Horn]

On Sep 5, 2011, at 4:25 PM, victor steinbok wrote:

> jass-ack for jack-ass

Pronouncing it jass-ackwards?

LH

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> http://goo.gl/nKFDD
> Pharmaceutical Era (Weekly). Volume 39. April 30, 1908
> Old Codman's Clerks. By Joel Blanc. p. 553/1
>
> "Yes, Joel, it may be as much of a boss problem as it is of a clerk problem,
>> but some of the clerks I have had would stimulate a mixture of profanity and
>> laughter that nothing else could equal. There was not a real scoundrel among
>> them, but if there ever was a brand of dunce or jass-ack that has not
>> worked for me. I'll turn sword-swallower."
>>
>
> VS-)
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