[Ads-l] "My buddy and I's costumes"

Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Mon Jan 18 12:47:11 UTC 2016


Have heard this numerous times from students in the '70s and '80s.

JL

On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 12:49 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Is that better or worse than
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> "Me and my buddy's costumes"?
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