flying saucer and other critters

[Jonathan Lighter]

HDAS 1 knows better.

JL

On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 12:54 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 3:40 PM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>
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> > I'm not sure if either the race or the orientation is in any way related
> > to their vocabulary
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> Of course they are. How could they not be? Isn't rhere a relationship
> between your personal background and your vocabulary?
>
> For, example, that the "OED only has the verb referring to kicking
> *customers* out of a bar or restaurant" is news to me. I had no idea
> that the term is supposedly so restricted.
>
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