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From: "Brian Howell" <fanshaw@123mail.org>
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> A while back I brought attention to the use of 'throat pit' in The Gift
> to describe the place where a woman's Adam's Apple would be and many
> interesting alternatives were offered ('throat pit' remains my
> favourite). I can't remember if any suggested this, but I just came
> across this in a diary article in a recent issue of the LRB about cadaver
> dissection, would you believe:
>
> 'We take turns putting our fingers into the suprasternal notch, the
> dimple at the base of the neck.'
>
> Brian Howell
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From: "Brian Howell" <fanshaw@123mail.org>
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (14
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> A while back I brought attention to the use of 'throat pit' in The Gift
> to describe the place where a woman's Adam's Apple would be and many
> interesting alternatives were offered ('throat pit' remains my
> favourite). I can't remember if any suggested this, but I just came
> across this in a diary article in a recent issue of the LRB about cadaver
> dissection, would you believe:
>
> 'We take turns putting our fingers into the suprasternal notch, the
> dimple at the base of the neck.'
>
> Brian Howell
>
> --