avoidance

[Jonathan Lighter]

HDAS, 1845-1968.

JL

On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 4:32 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:

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> On Sep 5, 2011, at 4:25 PM, victor steinbok wrote:
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> > jass-ack for jack-ass
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> Pronouncing it jass-ackwards?
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> 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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