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[A. Vine]

Thought you guys would be interested in this, relating to prior discussions of
Creole.

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Subject: A.Word.A.Day--pamphlet
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 00:05:28 -0400
From: Wordsmith <wsmith at wordsmith.org>
To: linguaphile at wordsmith.org

pamphlet  (PAM-flit) noun

   1. An unbound printed work, usually with a paper cover.

   2. A short essay or treatise, usually on a current topic, published
      without a binding.

[Middle English pamflet, from Medieval Latin pamfletus, from Pamphiletus,
diminutive of Pamphilus, a short amatory Latin poem of the 12th century,
from Greek pamphilos, beloved by all : pan-, + philos, beloved.]

   "Federal officials hoping to inform Haitian residents in the Creole
   language about subsidized housing have delivered a pamphlet written in
   an imitation Jamaican dialect. It's a tough read:
   `Yuh as a rezedent, ave di rights ahn di rispansabilities to elp mek yuh
   HUD-asisted owzing ah behta owme fi yuh ahn yuh fambily,' the pamphlet
   states."
   Mildrade Cherfils, HUD Pamphlet a Phonetic Fumble, AP Online, Nov 17, 1999.

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