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  1. Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!bayla
  3. From: bayla@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Bayla Singer)
  4. Subject: Re: Words that peeve me
  5. Message-ID: <1992Jul25.113523.22138@news.acns.nwu.edu>
  6. Sender: usenet@news.acns.nwu.edu (Usenet on news.acns)
  7. Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA
  8. References: <1992Jul22.043034.586@mala.bc.ca> <4821@unixhub.SLAC.Stanford.EDU> <1992Jul25.023731.25537@redsox.bsw.com>
  9. Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 11:35:23 GMT
  10. Lines: 11
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  12. Larry Cambell writes:
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  15. >How about "Steak with smothered onions?"  (Howard Johnson's menu, circa 1976)
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  19. --Also on a HJ menu, circa 1979 -- "Pancakes with mounted butter."  Sounded
  20. awfully kinky, to me.
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  22. --bayla
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