[Ads-l] tate = meditate

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Thu May 9 15:55:30 UTC 2019


Presumably context will resolve any homonymy issues with respect to either potatoes or London museums.

> On May 9, 2019, at 11:28 AM, Mark Mandel <Mark.A.Mandel at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Just seen in a online meditators' discussion group:
> 
> Person A: Will be a challenge to tate but I will make it.
> Person B: I just reached 2 years of daily Tate here...
> [Person C: Does that mean we're all taters?]
> 
> That shortened form is new to me.
> 
> Mark Mandel
> 
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