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Re: CHAT: Ruth; CHAT: Names, was: Re: Brithenig-heads

From:DOUGLAS KOLLER <laokou@...>
Date:Monday, April 17, 2000, 9:45
From: "John Cowan"

> Sally Caves scripsit: > > > > John Cowan wrote: > > > > > It's my wife's sister's name. Her father used to say: > > > > > > I knew a little girl > > > and her name was Ruth > > > She lost her tooth > > > in a telephone booth. > > > > > > No rude words there. > > > > And then, forsooth, > > She hired a sleuth > > To tell her the truth > > That they found her tooth > > (While it sounds uncouth!) > > In a bottle of vermouth. > > In downtown Duluth.
Cue Dr. Seuth. (Apologies to Irina who must now be ruing the moment she ever engaged in this thread.) Kou