Re: CHAT: When is an Apache not an apache? (was: When is a class not a class?)
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, September 27, 2004, 18:32 |
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On Mon, Sep 27, 2004 at 11:52:38AM -0400, John Cowan wrote:
> The worst social mortification my wife ever experienced (before my
> time, at least), was when she was invited by letter to "An Apache Party"
> and came dressed as an Apache rather than as un(e) apache.
> The latter sense is first recorded (in French) in 1902, so she had
> history on her side -- but to no avail.
So what is "un(e) apache"?
-Marcos