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Re: Pound Outside the Academy
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Jay Anania <[log in to unmask]>
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Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 31 Aug 1999 18:03:50 EDT
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In a message dated 8/31/99 7:28:04 PM, you wrote:
 
<<it's no more difficult to look up
Pound's refs. than it is to look up a player's "rubies" for the year 1984.>>
 
If the reference is from the sports section, that would be 'ribbies' , the
spoken version of R.B.I.s, or  'runs batted in'.
Maybe this confirms your point about specialist jargon.
But then you don't find non-initiates writing in the sports section.
Best, Jay Anania

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