Anticipatory Scottish?
James Harbeck
jharbeck at SYMPATICO.CA
Wed Apr 25 01:51:16 UTC 2012
As Diamanda Galas might say, "Scotosemiotics? Skotoseme."
James Harbeck.
(Skotoseme is Greek for "kill me.")
On 2012-04-24, at 9:30 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> "Scottophobia" is fear of Sir Walter Scott. Like it or not, you're thinking
> of "Scotophobia."
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> JL
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