Date: Fri, 5 May 1995 13:11:15 EDT

From: Stephanie Hysmith hysmith[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OUVAXA.CATS.OHIOU.EDU

Subject: Anodyne expletives



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Date: 05-May-1995 01:11pm EST



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From: Stephanie Hysmith Dept: English

HYSMITH Tel No: 614-593-2743



Subject: Anodyne expletives





Elaine Green reporte her mother as saying "sugar foot" and asked if people had

other expressions from Eastern Shore, Baltimore, or DC. An inlaw's father, now

90, who is half Dutch-half German, grew up in Baltimore. His German mother used

to use the expressions: sow's ear, mule ear, dumb ass and asel. He believed the

latter to be German for ass-hole, although I don't think Germans ever refer

specifically to that orifice.



Stephanie Hysmith



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Received: 05-May-1995 01:11pm