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Wilson Gray
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Thu May 12 06:10:00 UTC 2016
"draft-_dardging_"
Spelling used by a black North Carolinian. I wouldn't be at all surprised
to discover that this spelling was based on the writer's own
hyper-corrected pronunciation. I can recall the days when the old Brooklyn
Dordgers used to visit StL to play the Cardinals.
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-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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