Heard on Natty Gee: "=?windows-1252?Q?=85_?=are seen as threatening and _confronting_ by others."

[Jonathan Lighter]

Prolly not a slip.  Cf. the large "amount" or people who say "concerning"
instead of "worrisome."

JL

On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 7:02 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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