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To: Aquamarine

I think he meant the Obama administration, and it had to do with not supporting the police forces. I don’t have a clue what “un” means in that context.

E. E. Cummings wrote a poem in which he the mentioned the “un,” which I always read as “the U.N.,” but when he recited it, he pronounced it “the un.” Only possible clue I can think of.


124 posted on 01/24/2018 6:26:52 PM PST by firebrand
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To: firebrand
It could be a New York slang that they use for the UN since it's located in their city.
126 posted on 01/24/2018 6:51:10 PM PST by Aquamarine
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To: firebrand; Aquamarine

Correction: It’s UN in the poem; I just looked it up. But he pronounced it “un” when he read it aloud. I think I was the only one who laughed (starting to be a habit).


132 posted on 01/24/2018 7:11:29 PM PST by firebrand
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