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Beverly Flanigan
flanigan at OHIOU.EDU
Tue May 6 22:15:53 UTC 2003
Does the American Names Society have a listserv? Maybe it could stretch to
include not just "names" but also words in general? The ADS list could
then focus on phonological, grammatical, and stylistic/registral variation,
including lexical variation but not etymology and antedating. That would
divide the turf a bit to suit our varied interests.
At 12:31 PM 5/6/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> Well, yes, I am compiling a dictionary on American regional food. I
> provide etymological information wherever possible, along with first
> citations. There was no "etymological information" in the first
> citations of "Jew bread" or "kosher pickle," or the early citations of
> "bakery."
> Deleting the messages takes maybe ten seconds.
> I had proposed many years ago to essentially create an AMERICAN SPEECH
> online, with a "new words" registry and all, and a separate place for
> antedatings, but nothing happened or was considered.
>
>Barry Popik
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