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[Erin McKean]

The ANS does have a listserv (at <ANS-L at LISTSERV.BINGHAMTON.EDU>) but
it's very, very low traffic. I don't think it would stretch very well
to handle this kind of material.

However, it's trivial to set up a Yahoo! group for something like
this. (Yes, they do make you register, but if you uncheck all their
spaminating boxes, it's fairly low-stress.) I'm not sure about the
length of time that postings to lists like that are archived, but I
could check.

I don't have a problem with the amount of information Barry sends to
this list, but I would be happy to help him set up a Food Words list
on Yahoo if he'd like one. It would probably make posting from places
like Ulan Bator and the like easier, as well!

Erin McKean
editor at verbatimmag.com

>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