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  1. Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!caen!ewald
  3. From: ewald@math.lsa.umich.edu (Brian Ewald)
  4. Subject: Bread and Butter
  5. Message-ID: <+FS-Np@engin.umich.edu>
  6. Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 18:10:58 EDT
  7. Organization: University of Michigan, Mathematics Department, Ann Arbor
  8. References: <SLAGLE.92Jul22201000@sgi417.msd.lmsc.lockheed.com> <1992Jul23.134358@IASTATE.EDU> <SLAGLE.92Jul23135553@sgi417.msd.lmsc.lockheed.com>
  9. Nntp-Posting-Host: wolverine.math.lsa.umich.edu
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  12.   Does anyone know where the practice of saying "Bread and butter"
  13. when two people walking together are separated by a pole or third
  14. person originated?
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  16. Brian D. Ewald
  17. ewald@math.lsa.umich.edu
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