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Reply To: | The listserv which, like Afghanistan, cannot be understood by those who use a fork." < [log in to unmask]> |
Date: | Wed, 16 Jan 2002 10:18:17 -0500 |
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On Sat, 12 Jan 2002, Ralph Walter wrote:
> I'd love to, but I have to wash my hair that weekend. And why are you
> suddenly an erstwhile stonemason?
Be careful with "erstwhile".
A woman who ran for East Lansing City Council in 1977, a former manager of
an upscale dress shop, was described during the campaign in the MSU State
News as "an erstwhile clothes horse."
She narrowly lost the election, and years later, still nursed a grudge
over that characterization.
Larry
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Lawrence Kestenbaum, [log in to unmask]
Washtenaw County Commissioner, 4th District
The Political Graveyard, http://politicalgraveyard.com
Mailing address: P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106
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