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Thread #98937 Message #1965256
Posted By: Barry Finn
12-Feb-07 - 04:54 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: History of Dear John Letter
Subject: RE: HISTORY OF DEAR JOHN LETTER
Dear John, I'm gonna send your saddle home. Hank Williams
Dear John was also a very common term used in the prison system, according to my step pa & pa. That'd be not long after WWII. My funny bone's iching today.