"History of Fillibustering"

[James A. Landau]

In a message dated 07/29/2001 3:28:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
Bapopik at AOL.COM writes:

> Ulrich Groenke:  On Standard, Substandard and Slang in Icelandic.
> Scandinavian Studies 38, 1966, 217-230.

I didn't know "substandard" was a noun.

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In a message dated 07/29/2001 2:22:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
Bapopik at AOL.COM writes:

>    There's a long "History of Fillibustering" in CALIFORNIA DIARY OF
GENERAL
> E. D. TOWNSEND (1970), Malcolm Edwards ed., Ward Ritchie Press, Los
Angeles.
> Townsend (1817-1893) wrote between 1851-1856.

I hope you are aware that in the 1850's "filibustering" was an activity that
took place quite some distance from the US Senate.