Re: Euphemisms

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From: Don McKenzie
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 00:00

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In article <3468d901.16640468@news.abraxis.com>, brucel@abraxis.com (Bruce
A. Lewis) wrote:

> On Fri, 7 Nov 1997 21:02:40 GMT, petersen@netcom.com (Barbara
> Petersen) wrote:
> 
> One slight correction:
> 
> A "sheet" is a sail.

>[big snip of previous posters]

I suppose you could make a small sail out of a bedsheet but then
you'd call it a sail:-)  The rope you might use to control it would
be a sheet. Look in any dictionary.

(I don't understand the above attributions so I left them as I found
them.)

-- 
Don McKenzie  
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Date: 1997/11/11
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