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[Laurence Horn]

Next:  The seventh-year itch.  Or, if you prefer, the first-night stand. (First-night jitters have to come from somewhere.) And the ninth-day wonder.

LH

> On Mar 16, 2018, at 12:10 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> "second-month anniversary" vs. the more-common "two-month anniversary"
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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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