antitoponymania
Dennis R. Preston
preston at PILOT.MSU.EDU
Mon Dec 20 13:20:49 UTC 1999
AAAAARGH! This was private mail!!!!
dInIs (the shamefaced)
>Mejor el ciudad que un academico (con vientos grandes).
>
>dInIs
>
>>I shamelessly support David Barnhart in his antitoponymic stance. We didn't
>>even consider "outside the beltway" when it first burst on the scene. And
>>what if Buffalo should come to be known as "The Little Apple"? Or (after the
>>next big hurricane) Miami = El Ciudad del Vientro Grande?
>>
>>Lets not go there.
>
>
>Dennis R. Preston
>Department of Linguistics and Languages
>Michigan State University
>East Lansing MI 48824-1027 USA
>preston at pilot.msu.edu
>Office: (517)353-0740
>Fax: (517)432-2736
Dennis R. Preston
Department of Linguistics and Languages
Michigan State University
East Lansing MI 48824-1027 USA
preston at pilot.msu.edu
Office: (517)353-0740
Fax: (517)432-2736
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