sexy accents

Eric Nielsen ericbarnak at GMAIL.COM
Thu Nov 22 14:58:10 UTC 2012


I kinda like the ah... cute one.

Eric

On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:

> ---------------------- Information from the mail header
> -----------------------
> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Poster:       Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
> Subject:      Re: sexy accents
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> On Nov 21, 2012, at 4:58 AM, Michael Everson wrote:
>
> > When I saw this subject line in my in-box, I naturally wondered which
> diacritical mark people liked best.
> >
>
> For me, it's that subtle raised-eyebrow come-on of a circumflex.
>
> LH
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
>

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org



More information about the Ads-l mailing list