Re: RARA-AVIS: Red Herring

From: Jan Long ( janlong821@earthlink.net)
Date: 26 Jun 2002

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BaxDeal@aol.com wrote:
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> surely someone here must know the etymology of this term. was there an
> actual red herring as part of some mystery story?

John,

Here's something I bookmarked awhile ago. Hope it helps.

http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20010718.html

Jan

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