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Hi, Sweetie--a quick repeat from a native of Louisville. The University of Louisville is always known as U of L; I dunno why. The Uni. of Kentucky is just UK--no "of". It just *is that way. (Hi, musick.)
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I remember that thread! I was impressed.. Jackie mentioned going to (a lecture? a exhibit?the derby?) and afterwards, meeting the president of UK.. it was clear to me, the president of University of Kentucky-- but several people corrected her and pointed, the US has a president, and the UK has Prime Minister... it was so funny.. long long ago!
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>I mean, I went to a UL too
You too? Me too! Mine was UCL (not UCLA)
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>I remember that thread! I was impressed.. Yes, a cultural highpoint of the board, one of Jackie's more authoritative and philosophical posts in praise of the Backstreet Boys, as I remember. Here's the part relevant to the UK debate: Sat Jun 16 21:46:26 2001
“I ate in Lexington fairly often when I was in the Lexington Philharmonic, but that's so long ago I don't remember anywhere in particular. Man--once, the president of UK gave a reception for the Philharmonic at his house: l-o-n-g white leather sofa, and white shag carpet that was ankle-deep!”
http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=30732I heard of a shag-pile carpet but ... did Jackie really say "shag carpet"?  I'm now more than a little worried about the morals of our administratrix!Once again, I thank heavens that she can't read our private messages - I think we'll have to send a message around to seek out new members for the gutter police.
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For the second time...A-HEM!
Jo, c'mere a minute--I have something for you...
I'm not sure it's being manufactured any more, but yes, shag carpeting was very popular in the '70's. I don't think that interpretation of shag was known very much here till that "The Spy Who..." movie came out. I do know lots of people hadn't known it--the term was "explained" in the media. (By innuendo, of course.)
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