[Ads-l] Fw: Media Inquiry (Mike Pence calling his wife "Mother")

[Wilson Gray]

On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 12:34 PM, Cohen, Gerald Leonard <gcohen at mst.edu>
wrote:

> Was this ever a common use of the word?


Yes. If one were old enough to listen to the radio and/or to read the
funnies and/or go to the movies during the '40's, then one would have a
clear memory of it.

How soon they forget!
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-Wilson
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