VLVL The Pisk Sisters--JAPs?

jbor jbor at bigpond.com
Wed Jan 7 17:11:10 CST 2004


on 8/1/04 9:29 AM, davemarc at davemarc at panix.com wrote:

>>> Regarding "ritzy department stores," etc
>> 
>> All very interesting, I'm sure, but, again, I think Zipi's complaint about
>> Magnin's not being a "major store", but being "OK for a shopping center,
>> somewhere on Long Island perhaps", is more an indication of her propensity
>> to shop than corroboration for your suggestion that she comes from a poor
>> family.
>> 
> Just a clarification: I never stated or suggested that Zipi comes from a
> poor family.

Amend to " ... your suggestion that she doesn't come from a well-to-do
family".

> Regarding the breakfast pastry known as Danish, jbor also wrote: "It's
> misleading to assert that it is only or typically a
> pauper's food." For the record, no one on this listserv has made such an
> absurd
> assertion.

Amend to "It's misleading to suggest that ... "

Thanks for the corrections.

best




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