[TheForge] Yale Yellin gate...

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That's bambino ....  ;-)


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From: ries <ries at riesniemi.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:15:15 
To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA<theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Yale Yellin gate...

I know, in Italian, "bimbo" is slang for  a baby, usually a male baby.

ries



On Apr 21, 2010, at 8:03 PM, Bruce Freeman wrote:

Strictly speaking, "bimbo" (like "blond") IS masculine.  The
respective feminine forms are "bimba" and "blonde".  But Americans
don't even know the difference between "sex" and "gender" so...

On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 3:00 AM, Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer
<artgawk at thegrid.net> wrote:
> A bimbor then?
>
> Bruce Freeman wrote:
>> Fred,
>> Actually, this bimbo was male - to judge from the voice.
>> A rather clueless person who apparently foisted himself off as an
>> asset to the Yale visitors' center.
>> Yale DOES feature the Harkness gate on their website, after all...
>> Bruce


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Bruce
NJ
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