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Thread #172443 Message #4173768
Posted By: Lighter
03-Jun-23 - 04:31 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Change the Name of Arkansas (bawdy)
Subject: RE: Folklore: Change the Name of Arkansas (bawdy)
The 1897 text is rather incoherent. Twain's "corpse-maker" line, for example, is a brag, not an indictment.