"chad"--a possible origin

[Bob Haas]

Exactly.

> From: "Dennis R. Preston" <preston at PILOT.MSU.EDU>
> Reply-To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 15:26:16 -0500
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: "chad"--a possible origin
>
> 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
>
>
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