[Ads-l] stray maverick notes
Wilson Gray
hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Sat Aug 1 03:35:28 UTC 2015
On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 10:05 AM, Stephen Goranson <goranson at duke.edu>
wrote:
> mauvrik
Corresponds to the usual BE pronunciation of the surname of the Maverick
brothers, Brett and Bart, back in the day. Surely, a mere coincidence!
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-Wilson
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