_The r-word_

[Wilson Gray]

On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 9:03 PM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Obviously "retarded" and/or "retard."

In the context, that should have been totally clear, given that the
twins are what used to be called "_idiot_-savants."

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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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