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- From: cochran@spam.rtp.dg.com (A. Jing Hippy)
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- Subject: Re: Fro (Was Re: Floating and Sinking (Stuff))
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.140224.3129@dg-rtp.dg.com>
- Date: 6 Nov 92 14:02:24 GMT
- References: <1992Oct21.214151.10971@dg-rtp.dg.com> <RICHARD.92Oct29141904@ml.harlqn.co.uk> <HERMIT.92Nov5010057@am.ucsc.edu> <1992Nov5.111141.7429@ncsu.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov5.111141.7429@ncsu.edu>, echyatt@eos.ncsu.edu (EDWARD CRAIG HYATT) writes:
- |> In article <HERMIT.92Nov5010057@am.ucsc.edu> hermit@cats.UCSC.EDU (William R. Ward) writes:
- |> >In article <RICHARD.92Oct29141904@ml.harlqn.co.uk>, richard@harlqn.co.uk (Richard Brooksby) writes:
- |> >) I bet you haven't seen `fro' without `to'.
- |> >
- |> >Well, here's a counterexample to your theory:
- |> >"In the early 1970's, Michael Jackson wore his hair in a fro."
- |> >
- |> >So there!
- |>
- |> And another one :)
- |>
- |> I think a fro is also a woodshaving tool (if I've got the spelling right).
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- Sorry. That's a "froe" which, according to my dictionary, is also spelled
- "frow" (you learn something every day, don't you?).
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- Dave, from Georgia, where we still use tools like froes, slingblades and
- mattocks.
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- |Dave Cochran, Data General Corporation, RTP, NC |
- |cochran@dg-rtp.dg.com |
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- |I daydreamed that I was falling and just before I |
- |hit the ground, I fell asleep. |
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