Assorted Comments (UNCLASSIFIED)

Mullins, Bill AMRDEC Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL
Tue May 22 19:12:16 UTC 2007


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: American Dialect Society
> [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Wilson Gray
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 1:02 PM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: Assorted Comments
>
>
> Amen, Larry. BTW, thinking about an old friend, what ever
> happened to "slum"? [There''s a pun. "Thinking About an Old
> Friend" is the title of a Texas blues.]
>

I've never heard nor seen "blues" used as a singular count noun like
that before.  Izzat standard?
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