Fwd: Comment for th e ADS Webmaster

[Laurence Horn]

At 1:32 PM -0500 1/2/03, RonButters at AOL.COM wrote:
>This is so funny! How do we know that a new word is a "manglement" and not a
>clever new usage? Is anything that George Bush says a mangling just because
>many people think he is an idiot?

In any case, since when do we "confer [our] approval" upon the
selected WOTY candidates?  The existence of categories like "most
unnecessary" should put the lie to that calumny.

larry

>In a message dated 1/2/03 12:38:02 PM, gbarrett at AMERICANDIALECT.ORG writes:
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>>  Forwarded to the list without comment.
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>>  Début du message réexpédié :
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>>  > De: Pasampson at aol.com
>>  > Date: Thu 2 Jan 2003  12:35:15 America/New_York
>>  > À: gbarrett at americandialect.org
>>  > Objet: Comment for the ADS Webmaster
>>  >
>>  > Just saw an article in the paper re: the Word of the Year -- please,
>>  > Please, PLEASE do not encourage President Bush in his mangling of the
>>  > English language by conferring your approval upon his made-up words
>>  > such as "embetterment"!
>>  >
>>  > Page Sampson
>>  > Glen Ridge, NJ
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