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- From: jgd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (John G Dobnick)
- Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
- Subject: Re: American English
- Date: 1 Jan 1993 00:57:11 GMT
- Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
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- References: <92366.155916HERSCH@auvm.american.edu>
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- From article <92366.155916HERSCH@auvm.american.edu>, by <HERSCH@auvm.american.edu>:
- > In article <1htsi8INNe5a@uwm.edu>, jgd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (John G Dobnick) says:
- >>
- >>Riddle me this: The word "person" contains the word "son".
- >
- > No it doesn't. It does contain the letters S-O-N, but not the
- > word "son", neither etymologically nor phonetically. Consult
- > a dictionary.
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- Unfortunately, the radical feminists _don't_ acknowledge that.
- At least, not those that I've seen quoted. Sigh.... :-(
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