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Wilson Gray hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Thu Oct 4 21:24:09 UTC 2018


> Townhomes

WTF?!! Are you saying that the word, "townhome," exists *historically*
and is *independent* of a single, on-line money-lenders' ad?! Cut my
legs and call me "shorty"! It still amazes me how well Jim Crow
worked. It's a good thing that _townhome_ wasn't on the SAT's!
On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 4:35 PM Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Is it that simple? Townhouses, historically, were distinct but adjacent
> buildings. Townhomes are NOT distinct buildings.
>
> On Thu, Oct 4, 2018, 3:49 PM Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > _Townhouse_ replaced by "townhome."
> >
> > What's next? The "White Home"?
> > --
> > -Wilson
> > -----
> > 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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-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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