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Re: Any cis-Potomian meeting places in Northern Virginia?

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From: Beartooth
Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 18:09
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On Tue, 05 Jun 2001 20:41:52 GMT, sweth+dining@gwu.edu
(Sweth Chandramouli) wrote:

>	Fewer syllables are better, so I propose "cisPot/transPot" (for the
>Potomac), "cisLoop/transLoop" (for the Beltway), "cisPons/transPons" (for
>the Wilson Bridge), and "cisAnd/transAnd" (from the Latin for "aisle"
>(andron), for people in the same/different political party as you).

	All great! -- though I doubt the last will catch on.
(Would you make transPilatan, or transBrutan or something --
maybe with latin for 'coat' -- for Jeffords et hoc genus
omne? )

>	obdc.dining: inspired by all of the Pho talk, I decided to
>go to Pho for lunch.  We'll see if I'm still up for it for dinner tonight
>as well.

	Also ob food: the restaurant of that name? Remember
to report! And remind me if it has a bar . . .

--
RR 'Beartooth' Neuswanger
karhumhammas (at) lserv.com 
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A dreadful stuff called margarine
Consumed by men in Bethnal Green ...
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Subject: Re: Any cis-Potomian meeting places in Northern Virginia?
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