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To: Public Netbase NewsAgent
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Subject: Re: Americanisms
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From: avedon@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Avedon Carol")
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Date: Sun, 30 Jun 1996 16:37:53 -0700 (PDT)
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Article: rec.arts.sf.fandom.40189
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Score: 100

Patrick Nielsen Hayden wrote:
> While of course it's impossible to prove a negative, I flatly don't
> believe this story, because I don't believe in a "roadside diner on
> a reservation out West" that serves a "Happy Hunting Ground Beef
> Burger."
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> How to put it? This is about as likely as a working-class pub in
> Yorkshire offering a menu featuring a "Merrie Olde England Pint."
No, it's worse. Think about where a "Happy Hunting Ground" burger would
come from. Might as well call it "Corpse-meat. I think it would be a
bit more like, "Merrie Olde England Pint of Piss."
A. Carol
Feminists Against Censorship
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