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From: jeff@rtech.ARPA (Jeff Lichtman)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: tuna fish.  Also, kiwifruit. (self contradictory words)
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Date: Fri, 10-May-85 02:58:50 EDT
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> > Well, heck, that's OK:  "English horns" are neither horns nor English!
> > 
> > Any more self-contradictory words?
> > Berry Kercheval		Zehntel Inc.	(ihnp4!zehntel!zinfandel!berry)
> 
>   Red herring!

Not really.  Herrings turn red when smoked.  Smoked herrings have a strong
odor; to drag one across a trail would divert a tracking dog.  This is why
"red herring" means "a false diversion."
-- 
Jeff Lichtman at rtech (Relational Technology, Inc.)
aka Swazoo Koolak

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