On Wednesday 12 April 2006 08:46, John Hasler wrote: >Peter Hugosson-Miller writes: >> While we're on the subject of unusual spelling variants, can someone >> explain why, in American English, "moron" is spelt "bush" > >It's actually spelled "politician". "Bush" ("blair" in the UK) is > just slang.
Too bad we can't make it carry the same undesirable connotations the rest of the 4 letter words carry. Worse, they're actually proud of being one! >-- >John Hasler -- Cheers, Gene People having trouble with vz bouncing email to me should add the word 'online' between the 'verizon', and the dot which bypasses vz's stupid bounce rules. I do use spamassassin too. :-) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]