Re: BArbershop slang.

Blue Sow <janet.read@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Sir Francesco Reffo wrote:
> > Good morning,
> > some question about the word Barbershop  and other:
> > 
> > 1_ Which is the right spelling: barbershop or barber'shop?
> 
> Neither.
> Barber-shop is the usual spelling.

Barbershop without the hyphen is the term reserved for the male-voice
quartets, or for their singing style, who allegedly sing/sang in the US
establishments.

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