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From: Kevin S. Wilson <rescyou@spro.net>
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Subject: Re: Some sonofabitch has my computer.
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 08:53:22 -0600
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On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 11:18:00 +0100, Adam Funk <a24061@yahoo.com>
wrote:
>On 2006-09-25, Kevin S Wilson <rescyou@spro.net> wrote:
>
>>>(or "s/he")?
>>
>> And you pronounce that abomination how, exactly?
>
>My grandfather used to shout "soo-WEE" to call the cows in for
>feeding.
>
>Similarly, "s/he" is pronounced "soo-HEE" to call the cow-orkers
>together.
Richard Russo's novel "The Straight Man" is set in a university
English department. One of the characters, a young male prof, is known
to his colleagues as "Orshee" because of his annoying, reflexive habit
of chiming in with "or she" whenever one of said colleagues says "he."
BTW, I highly recommend Richard Russo's books, particularly his early
ones. He's probably best known for "Nobody's Fool" and "Empire Falls,"
both of which were made into pretty good movies.
--
If we could live without passion maybe we'd know some kind of peace, but we
would be hollow. Empty rooms, shuttered and dank. Without passion we'd be truly dead.
--David Boreanaz as Angel in "Buffy The Vampire Slayer"
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