belated WOTY

[Dennis R. Preston]

Jerry,

You jest got more time to talk than me. I still like "audibilizing" for its
quickness and accuracy.

dInIs (to busy fer all them dang syllables)

>Dennis: No, I'd say, "He's changing the play at the line of scrimmage," or,
>"He's calling a new play at the line of scrimmage" - there's really no need
>to note that it is "audible" (and, as we saw this past weekend, in Minnesota
>and Seattle, it isn't always).
>
>Jerry Miller
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dennis R. Preston [SMTP:preston at PILOT.MSU.EDU]
>> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2000 3:40 PM
>> To:   ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>> Subject:      Re: belated WOTY
>>
>> It's still more like a first (well maybe second) kiss to me. This
>> adjective-to-noun form (sure an honored trip in English) has a very
>> specific (and hard to paraphrase quickly) meaning. Would you say he is
>> "calling an audible" (which I think we used to say) which, semantically,
>> is
>> a little silly (if you like purely compositional semantics at any rate).
>>
>> dInIs
>>
>> >        >Scary! No, it's like being in the delivery room, or watching the
>> >moon rise, or being
>> >        >kissed for the first time. The birth and propagation of a
>> neologism
>> >is to be
>> >        >enjoyed.
>> >        >[Okay, right. A little too much exaggeration.]
>> >
>> >        Grant: I know you're right, but it is hard to feel enjoyment when
>> >you hear, for example, John Madden take the already bastardized (from
>> >adjective to noun) "audible" and twist it into a verb -- "He is
>> audiblizing
>> >at the line of scrimmage." That feels more like a kick in the ass than a
>> >first kiss.
>> >
>> >        Jerry Miller
>>
>>
>> Dennis R. Preston
>> 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


Dennis R. Preston
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