"weather" in Hawaiian?

[Laurence Horn]

On Sep 7, 2011, at 9:01 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> Larry's right. It was "freedom."
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> What made it even more ridiculous, though, was that Ron Swoboda had already
> played for the Mets.
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> JL

That just proved that *Polish* had a word for 'freedom'.  And they put Swoboda out in right field.  Coincidence?  You decide.

LH

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> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 8:55 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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>> 9/6/2011 08:34 PM, Chris Waigl wrote:
>>> Now in terms of people affected, I'll well believe that Alaska
>>> ranges lower on the "unaffected by destructive weather" scale,
>>> simply by virtue of the entire state having fewer inhabitants than
>>> Austin, TX, half of which concentrated around Anchorage.
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>> I believe this was actually pointed out by the ABC reporter.  Larry?
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>> Joel
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