Fwd: Re: Fwd: Re: everybody...their

[Dennis R. Preston]

Sonja,

Tell your student not to call me up; they will surely puke (although
I may alternate between "This is me" and "This is him"; I can't say
for sure).

best,

dInIs

>I thought Dennis (and possibly others) might like to see this
>response from one of my graduate students to Dennis' earlier e-mail.
>--Sonja
>
>>X-Authentication-Warning: archa14.cc.uga.edu: martyr owned process doing -bs
>>Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 15:06:38 -0400 (EDT)
>>From: Martin Rogers <martyr at arches.uga.edu>
>>X-Sender: martyr at archa14.cc.uga.edu
>>To: "Sonja L. Lanehart" <lanehart at arches.uga.edu>
>>Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: everybody...their
>>Status:
>>
>>I once experienced tunnel vision, headaches and nausea upon hearing a
>>friend answer the telephone and say "this is him," but i can't say i
>>actually puked.  i saw a guy choke when he heard someone say "ain't," but
>>that was in Macon, and everybody says ain't there, and the guy could have
>>choking on his dip.
>>
>>On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Sonja L. Lanehart wrote:
>>  > >Date:         Tue, 17 Apr 2001 14:50:32 -0400
>>  > >Reply-To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>>  > >Sender: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>>  > >From: "Dennis R. Preston" <preston at PILOT.MSU.EDU>
>>  > >Subject:      Re: everybody...their
>>  > >To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>>  > >Status:
>>  > >
>>  > >This is an interesting case of 'informal' grammar mapping into the
>>  > >call for gender equality in language. Luckily I had the construction
>>  > >'naturally' so I was pre-ready.
>>  > >I sure do like it when people people report that they 'cringe' at
>>  > >the ordinary speech of others. Keep sending in them visceral cards
>>  > >and letters. Could somebody attest to actually puking, for example,
>>  > >on hearing a piece of grammar they didn't take a liking to? I'd love
>>  > >to hear about it (or fainting, wetting their [uh, I mean his or her]
>>  > >pants, etc...).
>>  > >
>>  > >dInIs
>
>
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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