Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 22:30:24 -0400

From: "Barry A. Popik" Bapopik[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM

Subject: Full Monty; Reuben, Reuben; Tudor-tourist words



THE FULL MONTY



THE FULL MONTY is a movie that just opened; the term was discussed by

Evan Morris in his Daily News column last Sunday.

THE MACMILLAN DICTIONARY OF CONTEMPORARY SLANG (3rd ed.) by Jonathon

Green, for example, has "monte" but no "monty."

The Daily News column didn't discuss this, but what about an influence

from the obvious--MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS? What does that "Monty" mean?

In other movie news, I just learned that Sylvester Stallone's COP LAND

is not about Aaron Copland. Too bad--he could beat Apollo Creed in three

notes.



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