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Thread #55400   Message #860629
Posted By: Bill D
07-Jan-03 - 09:59 AM
Thread Name: Hootenanny-another definition
Subject: RE: BS: Hootenanny-another definition
just another case of someone taking a convenient or interesting word and attaching their own content.

Not against the law, just not very considerate. Why not just SAY it was a dance?

(I deal with this all the time in woodworking, where dealers want to call obsure woods some version of "rosewood" or "walnut", simply because those are recognized, saleable terms.)