In a message dated 7/16/2004 10:02:43 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes:

>C-
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>Fer once Ralph seems to be right, Lord have mercy. Them flatting orls (orl of turpentine) were expensive, and even though they were available in the mid-18th C, only rich folks seemed to use them, not grub stake owners.
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>V.I.


Dear Mr. Idiot,

Your first sentence is music to my shell-like (or was that shellack?) ears.

As for "orls," flatting or otherwise, it's obvious that you, Sir, are a ignoramus.  Da woid youse are lookin fer is "erl," not "orl."  As in "Put some erl on da boiner, Ise cold."

Your friend,

Ralph

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