"What part of no don't you understand?"

[Jonathan Lighter]

What part of "appears to be" don't you understand?

JL

On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 9:21 AM, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu>wrote:

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> What is this citation the effective origin of?  Nexis shows the phrase in
> use back to 1989.
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> Fred Shapiro
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> Asked sarcastically.
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> The effective origin appears to be:
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> 1994 Dennis G. Korby _What Part of No Don't You Understand?: Avoiding and
> Defending Against Rape_ (Livonia, Mich.: Koto Press). (Published July 1.)
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> The GB distribution suggests that the phr. was flourishing by 2000.
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> JL
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