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Jun. 19th, 2007 06:22 pm
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[From] Bobby Ray Miller's United Press International Stylebook (1977, p. 29):
burro, burrow  A burro is an ass.  A burrow is a hole in the ground.  As a journalist you are expected to know the difference.
More about the history of this bit of humor here.

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