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[Laurence Horn]

> On Feb 11, 2016, at 4:57 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 1:44 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
> wrote:
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>> trodden under feet
> 
> 

I did?  

Ah, I see, it was part of what I was quoting from the OED etymology in the "crap" entry.  Carry on.

LH


> Does it really read "under feet"and not "under foot"/"underfoot"?
> Apparently, were Phil Spitalny still alive, he'd be DBA "Phil Spitalny and
> His All Women Orchestra" instead of as "... and His All-Girl Orchestra."
> Were the California Aggie All-Male Marching Band still in existence, it
> would be the "... All Males Marching Band."
> -- 
> -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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