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From: jbf@ccieng5.UUCP (Jens Bernhard Fiederer)
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Subject: Re: Romancing the Stone
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Date: Thu, 12-Apr-84 15:17:35 EST
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>Does anyone know why they turned "romance" into a verb in the title
>(what's wrong with "Romance of the Stone")?
>
>				Janet Hallock
>				aka ...fortune!dsd!woody
	It comes from a phrase the cab driver used when stealing the stone.
He told the lady at least he was stealing it openly, rather than "romancing
the stone" like Our Hero.

Azhrarn
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