WOTY Season

[Montgomery Michael]

Dear Arnold

About half of the postings from you, including the one
below,end up automatically in my Bulk file, which I
check not very often.  Any idea why this happens?
Yours are one of the few postings I ever read.  Please
don't get involved in the antedating chase.  There are
too many messages of that kind already, and it takes
several rounds a day to weed out ADS-L postings that
are of no interest to me.

I know that you have some familiarity with my
dictionary of mountain English.  This is to let you
know that I am in rather late stages of revising and
expanding that work, which will cover a rather broader
territory.  If you have any suggestions regarding
format, or indeed the treatment of any specific terms
in the dictionary, I would be pleased to hear from
you.  I am afriad that the reading for citations could
proceed forever, as engrossing as it is to unearth
obscure publications and other documents from southern
Appalachia - I could probably read a volume a day of
hillbilly stories from now till 2010 - but I must
close this stage of the work by the end of December,
with many bridges still to cross.  But I would do my
best to attend to any recommendations you might have.

All the best

Michael


--- "Arnold M. Zwicky" <zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU>
wrote:

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> On Oct 30, 2007, at 9:46 AM, you wrote:
>
> > If you are already on that page, please verify
> that your details are
> > correct.
>
>
> my details are essentially correct, but i'd like to
> expand things
> somewhat:
>
> 1.  after my title, add a line with my webpage:
>    http://www-csli.stanford.edu/~zwicky
>
> 2.  add to areas of expertise:
>    formulaic language, literature giving advice on
> grammar, style,
> and usage
>
> 3.  add to publications:
>    numerous postings to Language Log [add link to
> LL] since 2003
>
> 4.  my phone situation has changed.  i used to work
> mostly at my
> private office, but since june 2006, stanford has
> supplied me with a
> real office, and i mostly work there or at home.  so
> probably all
> three numbers should be listed:
>    Stanford office: (650) 725-0023.  Home: (650)
> 323-0753.  Private
> office: (650) 843-0550.
>
> arnold
>
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