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- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 22:48:23 +0100
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- From: torkel@SICS.SE
- Subject: Re: Holidays
- Comments: To: English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
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- 24 Dec 92 16:43:41 -0500. <9212242144.AA19280@sics.se>
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- >Translation? Well, whatever makes you happy, I guess ...
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- Alas, making me happy has nothing to do with it. It is all a matter of
- avoiding and averting the horrible consequences of my earlier sloth.
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- >Dirty rice? I've never heard of it. Does the term refer to
- >wild (or brown) rice, perhaps?
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- It may be a Southern Thing. According to the insufferable Robicheaux,
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- The owner served fried chicken and dirty rice that could
- break your heart.
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