Synonymy avoidance

[Wilson Gray]

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>Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>Poster:       Ed Keer <edkeer at YAHOO.COM>
>Subject:      Re: Synonymy avoidance
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>I've only ever heard it as plain CH, so I was
>perplexed.

I'm with Ed on this. I've heard only CH and, till now, I'd also read only CH,

-Wilson

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>--- "Mullins, Bill" <Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL> wrote:
>>   Just idle speculation as to what would happen if
>>  the "standard"
>>  measurement unit, an RCH, (red cunt hair -- as in
>>  "move that over just a
>>  red cunt hair") were to be replaced with a BCH
>>  (blonde cunt hair).
>>
>>  A red hair (henna, I Love Lucy) is thicker than a
>>  blonde hair (peroxide,
>>  Baywatch).
>>
>>  Sorry if my sense of humor is too murky.  Well, I
>>  usually amuse myself.
>>
>>  Bill
>>
>>  > -----Original Message-----
>>  > From: American Dialect Society
>>  > [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Ed
>>  Keer
>>  > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 8:15 AM
>>  > To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>>  > Subject: Re: Synonymy avoidance
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>>  > Sender:       American Dialect Society
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>>  > Poster:       Ed Keer <edkeer at YAHOO.COM>
>>  > Subject:      Re: Synonymy avoidance
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>>  > Ok, I'd love to laugh, but I'm not getting the
>>  joke.
>>  > Help?
>>  >
>>  > --- "Mullins, Bill" <Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL>
>>  wrote:
>>  > > Not to mention that switching would require that
>>  the National
>>  > > Institute of Standards and Technology, (NIST,
>>  formerly the National
>>  > > Bureau of Standards, or NBS) would have to
>>  dissolve its "Henna
>>  > > Division", a cadre of mobile calibration
>>  standards  ready
>>  > to report to
>>  > > field sites all over America, and replace it
>>  with a "Peroxide
>>  > > Squadron", who would need to be trained and
>>  otherwise brought up to
>>  > > speed.  Plus, "I Love Lucy" would be pulled out
>>  of the Primary
>>  > > Standards repository and replaced with
>>  "Baywatch".
>>  > >
>>  > > > -----Original Message-----
>>  > > > From: American Dialect Society
>>  > > > [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
>>  > > Jonathan Lighter
>>  > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 6:36 AM
>>  > > > To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>>  > > > Subject: Re: Synonymy avoidance
>>  > > >
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>  > > > > Poster:       Jonathan Lighter
>  > > > <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM>
>  > > > > Subject:      Re: Synonymy avoidance
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>>  > >
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>>  > > >
>>  > > > Technically, yes. But the RCH appears to have
>>  been
>>  > > the
>>  > > > accepted measure for at least sixty years.
>>  Any
>>  > > switch to the
>>  > > > BCH standard would require extensive
>>  industrial
>>  > > recalibration
>>  > > > that could result in a slowing of economic
>>  growth.
>>  > > >
>>  > > > Cf. the ill-fated attempt to "go metric" many
>>  > > years ago.
>>  > > >
>>  > > > JL
>>  > > >
>>  > > > James C Stalker <stalker at MSU.EDU> wrote:
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>>  > > > But isn't an RCH bigger than a BCH?
>>  > > >
>>  > > > Jim
>>  > > >
>>  > > > Jonathan Lighter writes:
>>  > > >
>>  > > > > Call me old-fashioned, but I prefer "RCH."
>>  > > > >
>>  > > > > JL
>>  > > > >
>>  > >
>>  >
>>  >
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