announcing newest little ADS member

[Dennis R. Preston]

arnld,

Careful! Let's not bring about a split in the membership about the
age of competence!! (Your suggestions have a nasty empirical ring to
them.)

dInIs

>dInIs sez, to nancy elliott/david rogers, re newborn brian:
>  >As President I offer a hearty welcome to a future ADS member. I
>  >suppose little Brian's rhoticity has not yet been decided on
>  >(although I suspect a tough row to hoe out there in Southern Oregon
>  >if a nonrhotic variety is selected for him).
>
>parents, set your parameters well!
>
>arnold (zwicky at csli.stanford.edu), welcoming little brian
>   (don't we provide free memberships until actual Competence
>    is observed and verified?)

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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
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