1947 Archie Comic "butthole." What did it mean?

[Paul Johnston]

Be more likely that "none" was "noan" for him.

Paul Johnston
On May 3, 2012, at 6:17 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:

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> At 5/3/2012 01:33 PM, Charles C Doyle wrote:
>> Or, to secure the rhyme:, "'Tis with our judgments as our watches,
>> none / Go just alike, yet each believes his own."
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> The magisterial rhymes of the 18th century.  Or did Pope pronounce it "un"?
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>> --Charlie
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>> Another criterion, to judge from our collection, is concavity.
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>> And of course they needn't be body parts at all; we could cite
>> alienable but ubiquitous possessions.  I've always liked this line
>> from Pope, which is nicely adaptable to (though presumably not
>> designed for) the non-idiosyncracy of grammaticality judgments:
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>> 'Tis with our judgments as with our watches; no two go just alike,
>> yet each believes his own.
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>> LH
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