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Re: California dining advice needed.

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From: Pete Fraser
Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2004 15:32
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"Tim May" <timcmay@removethis.got.net> wrote in message
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>
> Alas, the niggardly reaction to the name "Sambo's," belying a deep
> ignorance of the origin of the name, caused that chain to change its
> name (and eventually liquidate, as I recall...only one "Sambo's"
> remains, in Santa Barbara).
>

How could the reaction to the name be niggardly?

Are you hoping to get a reaction to the word "niggardly"
by finding people who are even more ignorant of its meaning?
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From: "Pete Fraser" <pfraser@covad.net>
Newsgroups: dfw.eats,la.eats,ba.food
Subject: Re: California dining advice needed.
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2004 07:32:13 -0800
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