[Ads-l] Linguistic notes from Ken Burns's "Jackie Robinson"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Well, one of the guest commentators calls him "Red Barbra," like he was
some Shero of the Revolution or something.

JL

On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 5:19 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 2:23 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > Red Barber
>
>
> Bruce Dern! I thought that his surname was spelled "Bauba."
> --
> -Wilson
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> All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
> come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
> -Mark Twain
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