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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Ilaine who wrote (44713)9/17/2002 10:08:20 PM
From: SirRealist  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
I will miss that old Cracker, Florida Governor Lawton Chiles, whose 'Southernisms' were always more apt than any other speechifyin' coulda been. He was the first I heard use the term "that dog won't hunt."

A couple of others:

"a cut dog barks."

"the old he-coon walks just before the light of day."

This offers a few more of the great phrases:
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