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[Dennis R. Preston]

David,

Of course it does. And it is in exact correlation with the number of
expressions that state or region has which complete the frame

I'm going to kick your butt so hard that _______________________.

and related expressions.

dInIs (who can rattle off several)

>Completely off topic.
>
>Does the state of a visitor's origin correspond to any scale of vigor
>behind the kick?
>
>Regards, anyway.
>
>David Barnhart
>barnhart at highlands.com

Dennis R. Preston
Professor of Linguistics
Department of Linguistics and Languages
Michigan State University
East Lansing MI 48824-1027 USA
preston at pilot.msu.edu
Office: (517)353-0740
Fax: (517)432-2736