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<p dir="auto">— Barry</p>
<p dir="auto">On 18 Apr 2025, at 22:48, Nicholas Thompson wrote:</p>
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<div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">George, but every once in a while he produces an aphorism that makes me laugh out loud, alone in my study: He defined meteorological euphemisms as "terms that describe what something would be if only it were the thing it isn't." </span><br></div>
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<div>Nicholas S. Thompson</div>
<div>Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology</div>
<div>Clark University</div>
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