"chad"--a possible origin

[Dennis R. Preston]

Yeah, and I like Port Out Starboard Home, Found On the Road Dead, and For
Unlawful Carnal Knowledge too, but I like them because I like folk
linguistics.

dInIs


>I like Chip Debris from Automatic Data.
>
>> From: "Douglas G. Wilson" <douglas at NB.NET>
>> Reply-To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>> Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 14:16:58 -0500
>> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>> Subject: Re: "chad"--a possible origin
>>
>>> (6) So my tentatively advanced, speculative etymology of "chad" is ... an
>>> acronym of CHip of Automatic Data


Dennis R. Preston
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