[Ads-l] biism

[Jonathan Lighter]

"Bi-ist !!!???" But these people are college grads and communications
specialists!

Oh. I see.

JL

On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 10:26 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 9:28 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Maybe if "biased" is interpreted as "bi-ist", it's a short step to
>> "bi-ism"...
>>
>
> Whoa! Dynamite insight, Larry!
>
>
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