"Who-shot-John"

[Laurence Horn]

No relation to Haj, a.k.a. John *Robert* Ross (if I may be permitted a different in-joke reference--although he lives in Texas now, albeit 40 miles NW of the Ewings).

LH

On Feb 22, 2012, at 2:06 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> More often articulated as "Who shot J.R.?"
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> JL
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> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
>>> In 1980, of course, that became "Who shot John Ross?"
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>> Say what? I don't  get the reference.
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>> A friend of mine from North Carolina - he of "up the skreek" fame -
>> calls the Virginia kind of who-shot-john "HOO-raw."
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