a small plea

[Dennis R. Preston]

I was thinking of broadening the range of our discussions.

dInIs

>The biggest mistake our organization could make would be to limit
>the range of discussion. The contributions that scholars like Fred
>Shapiro, Barry Popik, Douglas Wilson, Sam Clements, John Baker and
>others have made are considerable.  The topics in _American Speech_
>and the works of Allen Walker Read (honored repeatedly, and with
>good reason, by the American Dialect Society) go beyond language
>variation.
>     For those not interested in certain topics, the delete key does
>work. And a bit of weariness in the finger is a small price to pay
>for the great wealth of information that comes down the pike in the
>ads-l messages.
>I, for one, find this variety an invaluable asset in my research.
>
>Al;l good wishes.
>Gerald Cohen
>
>P.S. Lois Nathan's question is a reasonable one. I'm off to class
>now but will send an answer this evening (unless Barry beats me to
>it).
>
>       -----Original Message-----
>       From: American Dialect Society on behalf of Dennis R. Preston
>       Sent: Thu 10/30/2003 5:45 AM
>       To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>       Cc:
>       Subject: Re: a small plea
>
>
>
>       In the interests of the rather more general purposes of this list,
>       having to do with language variation in the Americas and not almost
>       exclusively the half-second antedating of a word or phrase or the
>       bashing of those who have not seen the most recent thoughts on such,
>       could this be answered privately. I know it's easy to delete, but my
>       delete finger is growing weary.
>
>       Hopefully,
>
>       dInIs
>
>
>
>       Hi sports fans, food word searchers and all interested parties,
>            www.bluemountain.com the other day was running a pop-up
>quiz where they
>       ask you to guess the term for "hot dog" in 1905.  They claim
>it was "dachshund
>       sausage", popularized by sportswriter Tad Dorgan.  Is this true?
>
>       Lois Nathan
>
>       --
>       Dennis R. Preston
>       University Distinguished Professor
>       Department of Linguistics & Germanic, Slavic,
>             Asian & African Languages
>       Michigan State University
>       East Lansing, MI 48824-1027
>       e-mail: preston at msu.edu
>       phone: (517) 432-3099
>

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Dennis R. Preston
University Distinguished Professor
Department of Linguistics & Germanic, Slavic,
      Asian & African Languages
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1027
e-mail: preston at msu.edu
phone: (517) 432-3099