How to use an apostrophe..obviously not OT

[gordon stelter]

I always thought "Rube" was short for "Ruben":
referring to a once-common name for
not-formally-educated, somewhat naive and gullible
rural males.
    You sure?
     Thump
 
--- Bill Ballard <yardbird@pop.vermontel.net> wrote:
> At 1:40 PM -0500 11/19/02, Frances Helms wrote:
> >"plump wives"  formerly known as "beautiful and
> formidable presence".
> 
> The adjective is Rubenesque". The noun is "Rube"
> 
> Mr. Bill
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