[Ads-l] ADS-L Digest - 5 Aug 2024 to 6 Aug 2024 (#2024-204)

[Jonathan Lighter]

You'll really love _The League of Regrettable Superheroes_ and _The League
of Regrettable Villains._

Morris presents hordes of not-so-greats from the Golden and Silver Ages of
comics.

JL

On Thu, Aug 8, 2024 at 7:42 AM Amy West <medievalist at w-sts.com> wrote:

> On 8/7/24 00:00, ADS-L automatic digest system wrote:
> > Date:    Tue, 6 Aug 2024 13:32:49 -0400
> > From:    Jonathan Lighter<wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> > Subject: Re: "me" = "my" in NYC
> >
> > 1942 in Jon Morris_The League of Regrettable Sidekicks_  (Philadelphia:
> > Quirk Books, 2018) 65: Holy cow! What's dis? Ow! Me eyes!
> >
> > JL
>
>
> I got nothin' of linguistic merit to say about the cite, but I LOVE the
> title of the source. Maybe it could be re-purposed as a
> sequel/prequel/match to the _League of Extraordinary Gentlemen_ graphic
> novel.
>
> ---Amy West
>
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