"bring it on!"

[Marc Velasco]

re: bring it on.

what I'd find more interesting/entertaining would be a list of retorts to
the request.




On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:

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> I favor #3.
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> m a m from my Palm Tungsten T|X
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> On 6/14/08, Sam Clements <SClements at neo.rr.com> wrote:
> > Your third choice would be to continue to post such requests to the list,
> > which IS the proper place to ask these.  And take away the input so
> gained.
> > And TRY to ignore the unintended gaffs/slights/etc. of the members of the
> > list.
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> > Sam Clements
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Arnold M. Zwicky" <zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU>
> > To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> > Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 6:59 PM
> > Subject: Re: "bring it on!"
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> >
> >> On Jun 14, 2008, at 2:29 PM, Ben Zimmer wrote:
> >>
> >> quoting Wilson Gray:
> >>
> >>> BTW, how can anyone claim that some word or phrase has never been used
> >>> before, simply because he himself has never heard or read it?
> >>
> >> Ben:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> To be fair, Arnold was simply passing along a query from Bruce
> >>> Webster. I highly doubt that Arnold, who has written extensively about
> >>> the Recency Illusion, would make any such claim.
> >>
> >> indeed.  my reaction is to say that i have two courses: not to pass on
> >> any such queries to ADS-L, because they will be viewed as ignorant and
> >> thoughtless (and to explain this to my correspondents), or to hedge
> >> the queries with elaborate disclaimers about my beliefs and knowledge,
> >> my correspondent's beliefs and knowledge, and so on.
> >>
> >> my inclination is to say: fuck the list. i don't need this grief,
> >>
> >> arnold
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