A Leper?
Hank & Priscilla Brodkin
hankb at theriver.com
Thu Jul 12 14:20:53 EDT 2001
OK - for historical purposes here is my take on the origin of
lepers/leppers. I MAY have been the first one to use that term, at
least on the internet.
At the behest of several friends, more than a few years back, I started
the original Leps mail list. One of my first posts began "Dear Lepers",
influenced by the fact that I had been used to using the expression
"birders" (which, Leroy, probably is in the dictionary by now). I
immediately got a reply from, I believe, Fred Heath - who pointed out
the connection to leperosy and said I should add use "leppers" instead.
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Hank & Priscilla Brodkin
Carr Canyon, Cochise County, AZ
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SouthEast Arizona Butterfly Association
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"Butterflies of Arizona - a Photographic Guide"
by Bob Stewart, Priscilla and Hank Brodkin - due September 2001
http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabasa/book.html
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