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[Mark A Mandel]

On Thu, 15 May 2003, Beverly Flanigan wrote:

#At 06:00 PM 5/15/2003 -0400, you wrote:
#>On Tue, 6 May 2003, Beverly Flanigan wrote:
#>
#>#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.
#>
#>Uh...  I don't see a smiley. Is that a serious proposal?
#
#Sure.  Someone suggested creating a new list group, so I assumed it was a
#legitimate topic for discussion.  I can delete as easily as the next "guy,"
#but the topic is always open for discussion, I hope.

Well, yes. But taking etymology and antedating out of our general domain
would be WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!!

Mind you, that's only one man's opinion.

-- Mark A. Mandel