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csziggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 01:23 AM
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Could this be the origin of the huge/hugh confusion?
"1962 Dick Tuck, the grandfather of political high jinks, arranges for an adoring crowd, holding signs in Chinese, to greet gubernatorial candidate Richard Nixon in Los Angeles's Chinatown. Halfway through his speech, Nixon is informed that the signs read "what about the huge loan" - a reference to a controversial loan Howard Hughes had made to Nixon's brother."
"Meet the Madmen of Pranks Inc." by Lance Contrucci, Reader's Digest, April 2010.
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canetoad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-10 01:27 AM
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1. I think you'll find
the roots of hugh/huge are buried deep within the archives at FR.
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