Re: Languages Evolve in Punctuational Bursts

From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 52466
Date: 2008-02-07

----- Original Message -----
From: Rick McCallister

Smoking is from "smoking jacket", American English
"tuxedo" --I guess in the day you had to dress up for
a date with lung cancer.
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smoking jacket for smoking
I trust you, (of course !) but
I'm interesting in a reference
if you don't mind

what is the reason why it should be
a *smoking* jacket ?

Arnaud
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