specialty = 'specialized'

[Jonathan Lighter]

Funny name, "Specialty."  Irish?

Oh. That's "Tumulty." I must be slipping.

JL



On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com>wrote:

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> FWIW, Seattle is one of the small number of cities with the honor of =
> having a Specialty's Cafe and Bakery (http://www.specialtys.com/).
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> On Sep 10, 2011, at 12:19 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> > CNN refers to DC canine and bomb squads as "specialty units."
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