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#90370 12/27/02 11:44 PM

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Did you know the phrase "nitty-gritty" is a racist term, and in UK you can be disciplined
for using it. Somebody allegedly discovered that it referred to detritus in bilge of
slave ships. Believe it or not. Here is URL to BBC story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/1988681.stm

Quinion says nitty-gritty first recorded in 1950s/ So "slave ship" origin seems impossible.
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-nit2.htm

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PC gone mad wwh 12/27/02 11:44 PM

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Re: art vs PC WhitmanO'Neill 12/29/02 04:43 PM

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Re: art vs PC WhitmanO'Neill 12/29/02 06:51 PM

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Re: art vs PC (Angel's Wings--1541) WhitmanO'Neill 01/02/03 02:14 PM

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what do 'real angel wings' look like? TEd Remington 01/02/03 07:09 PM

Re: art vs PC musick 12/29/02 08:32 PM

Re: art vs PC WhitmanO'Neill 12/29/02 10:49 PM

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Re: Flash (sort of) milum 12/30/02 02:33 AM

Re: Flash (sort of) Jackie 12/30/02 02:35 AM

Not entirely relevant, but... Jackie 01/03/03 02:26 AM

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Re: Not entirely relevant, but... Jackie 01/04/03 02:06 AM

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Re: Not entirely relevant, but... Jackie 01/04/03 09:41 PM

Re: Not entirely relevant, but... maahey 01/05/03 07:41 AM

Re: Flash (sort of) wwh 12/30/02 02:38 AM

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Re: Flash (sort of) magimaria 12/30/02 03:07 PM

overloading tsuwm 12/30/02 03:44 PM

Re: overloading modestgoddess 12/30/02 07:04 PM

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Re: overloading AnnaStrophic 12/30/02 07:49 PM

Re: overloading modestgoddess 12/31/02 05:21 PM

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Re: Sunlight on a broken column� maahey 01/01/03 02:50 AM

Re: Sunlight on a broken column Faldage 01/01/03 12:20 PM

Re: Sunlight on a broken column maahey 01/02/03 07:09 PM

Re: Sunlight on a broken column tsuwm 01/02/03 07:32 PM

Re: Sunlight on a broken column maahey 01/03/03 04:45 AM

Re: Sunlight on a broken column TheFallibleFiend 01/02/03 12:19 PM

Re: Sunlight on a broken column maahey 01/02/03 06:09 PM

Re: Sunlight on a broken column TheFallibleFiend 01/02/03 07:46 PM

Re: Sunlight on a broken column maahey 01/03/03 02:17 PM

Re: Sunlight on a broken column WhitmanO'Neill 01/03/03 03:56 PM

Re: Sunlight on a broken column Buffalo Shrdlu 01/03/03 05:26 PM

Words, AnnaStrophic 01/03/03 07:30 PM

Re: Sunlight on a broken column WhitmanO'Neill 01/03/03 08:19 PM

Re: Sunlight on a broken column sjm 01/04/03 08:08 PM

Re: PC/Art overloading WhitmanO'Neill 12/31/02 09:43 PM

Re: Flash (sort of) milum 12/30/02 05:52 PM

Re: Flash (sort of) wwh 12/30/02 06:19 PM

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Vicissitudes of Davids musick 12/30/02 08:51 PM

Re: Vicissitudes of Davids WhitmanO'Neill 12/30/02 08:58 PM

Re: Flash (sort of) WhitmanO'Neill 12/30/02 09:59 PM

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Re: Three Kings wofahulicodoc 12/31/02 12:20 AM

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Re: three Aces wwh 12/31/02 01:29 AM

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Re: PC gone mad WhitmanO'Neill 12/30/02 10:41 PM

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Re: PC gone sane WhitmanO'Neill 12/30/02 11:34 PM

its first Native American president. TEd Remington 12/31/02 10:31 PM

Re: its first Native American president. WhitmanO'Neill 12/31/02 11:01 PM

Re: its first Native American president. sjm 12/31/02 11:19 PM

Re: its first Native American president. wwh 01/01/03 12:58 AM

Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 01/01/03 12:29 AM

Re: Native American Pres./14 years resident TEd Remington 01/01/03 01:31 AM

Re: Native American Pres./14 years resident milum 01/01/03 03:49 PM

Re: Native American Pres./14 years resident Alex Williams 01/01/03 05:02 PM

Re: Native American Pres./14 years resident WhitmanO'Neill 01/01/03 05:12 PM

Re: PC gone mad WhitmanO'Neill 12/31/02 03:28 AM

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