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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!think.com!rpi!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!auvm!hersch
  2. Organization: The American University - University Computing Center
  3. Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 15:59:16 EST
  4. From: <HERSCH@auvm.american.edu>
  5. Message-ID: <92366.155916HERSCH@auvm.american.edu>
  6. Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
  7. Subject: Re: American English
  8. References: <1992Dec22.235749.14921@bmerh85.bnr.ca> <1htsi8INNe5a@uwm.edu>
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  11. In article <1htsi8INNe5a@uwm.edu>, jgd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (John G Dobnick) says:
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  13. >Riddle me this:  The word "person" contains the word "son".
  14.  
  15. No it doesn't. It does contain the letters S-O-N, but not the
  16. word "son", neither etymologically nor phonetically. Consult
  17. a dictionary.
  18.  
  19. H.
  20.  
  21. Herschel Browne
  22. "The" American University
  23.