[Ads-l] that-which

[Wilson Gray]

> that-which

New to me, but I'm very much accustomed to hearing _which that_, e.g.:

"This [flag] represents the country _which-that_ is the greatest country in
the world."

Very common among Texans black, white, and Latino, of my age-group. Used a
lot by horse-opera "cowboys," too, back in the day.



On Sun, Jul 7, 2019 at 11:46 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> African-American WW2 vet on History Channel, "First to Fight: The Black
> Tankers of World War II" (2006):
>
> "This [flag] represents the country that-which is the greatest country in
> the world."
>
> 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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-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.
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