I say Blicker, You Say Bleacher--Oh!

LARSSON at VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU LARSSON at VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU
Tue Dec 17 10:20:58 CST 1996


Stencil wonders:
"Blicero - how do you hear that:  bleat Chair oh?  Bleacher row?  bliss
Sirrow?  Is there a basis for decision?"


We are told that the name derives from "blicker" (sp?), a term for whiteness
suggesting bleaching (as in the color of bones).  So I think blicker-oh
is apt.

Don Larsson, Mankato State U (MN)



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