a small plea

[Sam Clements]

I would think that broadening the range would require more people posting
more messages about language variations in America.   The board is there for
the posting.  But the posts just don't seem to come very frequently.  Any
ideas on how to make that happen?

I apologize to people on this board who have little interest in antedatings.
I'm a big offender.  I'll try to do better.  But I assume that Jesse
Sheidlower, as a co-owner of the list, has a small interest in people
working for free to help make the OED(and M-W) be all that it can be.  If
Jesse would prefer we post directly to OED, I'd be fine with that.

Sam Clements
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis R. Preston" <preston at PILOT.MSU.EDU>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 8:27 AM
Subject: Re: a small plea


> 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
> >
>
> --
> 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
>