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Meantolearn Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

corn husker

0"You fell for his gag like a corn husker from the wide open spaces."02br
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0 I suspect it means that the person is unsophisticated/naif. 0-

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  • 0 I suspect it means that the person is unsophisticated/naif.
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0 I suspect it means that the person is unsophisticated/naif. It will be American in origin.0-
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01cite10Feebs1112cite10I suspect it means that the person is unsophisticated/naif. It will be American in origin.12br
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11font00American, indeed. In fact, Nebraska, to be exact. I think one of their sports teams is the Corn Huskers (U of Nebraska?).02font00
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0 But not common. If you said "Cornhusker" to me, I would think ONLY of the Univeristy of Nebraska sports teams. I would not think of an unsophisticated person, as it seems meant to imply. 0-
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10But not common. If you said "Cornhusker" to me, I would think ONLY of the Univeristy of Nebraska sports teams. I would not think of an unsophisticated person, as it seems meant to imply.12blockquote
11font00Stereotypes are sometimes hard to live down. I'm certain
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0But Philip, have you ever heard it used outside of referring to Univ. of Nebraska? Remember, the original quote was: "You fell for his gag like a corn husker from the wide open spaces." I have never heard such a thing. I'm not saying that *I* take it to mean an unsophisticated person - I take it only as a sports team.0-
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10But Philip, have you ever heard it used outside of referring to Univ. of Nebraska? Remember, the original quote was: "You fell for his gag like a corn husker from the wide open spaces." I have never heard such a thing. I'm not saying that *I* take it to mean an unsophisticated person - I take it only as a spor
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0Well, if you on the west coast don't use it, and I on the east coast don't use it - either the people in Ohio used it to insult the people in Nebraska (a Big 10 thing maybe 05000 ) or it's just not used, I guess.010id1
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10Well, if you on the west coast don't use it, and I on the east coast don't use it - either the people in Ohio used it to insult the people in Nebraska (a Big 10 thing maybe 15010 ) or it's just not used, I guess.12br
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