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[Wilson Gray]

> he referred to Haiti and the African states not as “shithole countries”
but as “shithouse countries”.

Say what, now? I understand the architectural distinction between a
"shithole," which is found under a "shithouse," but what is the semantic
distinction between the two as insults?

On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 8:03 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
wrote:

> It was “Shitholegate” on either Daily Show or Colbert, I forget which.
> But now the Republican senators are claiming the it was all a fabrication
> on Durbin’s part and that Trump’s language was entirely different from what
> Durbin claimed—he referred to Haiti and the African states not as “shithole
> countries” but as “shithouse countries”.  I guess that means it has to be
> “Shitho_(_)egate”, not too catchy.
>
> LH
>
> > On Jan 17, 2018, at 7:50 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
> >
> > MSNBC:
> >
> > "Ess Hole Gate."
> >
> > JL
> >
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> > "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the
> truth."
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