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Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Mon Sep 19 13:44:28 UTC 2016


> On Sep 18, 2016, at 11:01 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 9:33 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
> wrote:
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>> Cf. "straight is the gate"
> 
> 
> Do I have to? 😖
> 
> 
Sorry, Wilson.  I knew what that one must do to you.  Talk about SOTAs.  You'll be glad to know that "strait" is holding its own, though, at least in cites of Matthew 7:14 (not to mention renderings of Gide's "La porte étroite")

LH

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