chad is like fish...

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Wed Nov 29 05:29:56 UTC 2000


edible too.  I just got this e-come-on:
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EAT A CHAD? You've heard about Pregnant Chad, Dimpled Chad,
Dented Chad and people even EATING Chad. Now, you can own 6
AUTHENTIC FLORIDA PUNCH-OUT BALLOT CARDS and a snack bag of
those tasty "Chad" for only $9.95
http://www.1000freethings.com/ballots CLICK FOR DETAILS
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Note the 'mass plural' ("those tasty 'Chad'").  But if you go to the
site offering to sell you these high-fiber, low-fat goodies, you'll
see they're sold as mass items ("pieces of chad") and plurals
("election chads"), but not as 'mass plurals'.  Maybe you have to pay
extra for that.

larry



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