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=SDC= Q2: Baba?

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Jerry Friedman

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Aug 31, 2012, 12:35:07 AM8/31/12
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What two-word noun phrase could be a peculiar cereal but more often
denotes a community (united only by confession) within the empire (and
bearing the name of a different empire)?

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Jerry Friedman

Cornelius Whufferhostler

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Aug 31, 2012, 2:14:06 AM8/31/12
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Grape Nuts.

Vinny Burgoo

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Aug 31, 2012, 6:45:29 AM8/31/12
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Rum millet.

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CDB

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Aug 31, 2012, 7:12:22 AM8/31/12
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Maybe "Romany Rye", if the plural is the same as the singular.


LFS

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Aug 31, 2012, 7:45:57 AM8/31/12
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<snort> I got as far as Roman Meal which is apparently a cereal.

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Jerry Friedman

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Aug 31, 2012, 8:54:30 AM8/31/12
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Thank you!

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Jerry Friedman, T. O. Panelist

PAUL {HAMILTON ROONEY}

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Aug 31, 2012, 8:57:37 AM8/31/12
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I'm thoroughly whooshed.

This is much harder than the 1970s Times crossword.

Could someone please enlighten me?

Jerry Friedman

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Aug 31, 2012, 9:06:26 AM8/31/12
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On Aug 31, 6:57 am, PAUL {HAMILTON ROONEY} <PAULVLOO...@SNOTMAIL.COM>
wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Greeks

("Baba" might suggest both "rum" and "Turk".)
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Vinny Burgoo

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Aug 31, 2012, 12:21:19 PM8/31/12
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In alt.usage.english, LFS wrote:
>On 31/08/2012 11:45, Vinny Burgoo wrote:
>> In alt.usage.english, Jerry Friedman wrote:

>>> What two-word noun phrase could be a peculiar cereal but more often
>>> denotes a community (united only by confession) within the empire (and
>>> bearing the name of a different empire)?
>>
>> Rum millet.
>
><snort> I got as far as Roman Meal which is apparently a cereal.

You should have had a better breakfast.

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VB
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