a small plea

[Peter A. McGraw]

I wasn't going to get involved in this discussion, but here's an
observation FWIW.

It looks as if there are basically two lists here under one "roof"--one the
lexicographers and the other the linguists/dialectologists.  The two groups
seem to have fundamentally different interests, and cross-pollination seems
rare, with each group mainly ignoring or deleting the other group's
messages and sometimes getting grumbly about having to use the "delete" key
so often.  It feels somewhat heretical to say this, but what if the ADS had
two separate lists?  Anybody interested in both areas could subscribe to
both, but nobody would have to.

If this is a really dumb idea, please use the "delete" key.

Peter Mc.

--On Friday, October 31, 2003 2:53 PM -0500 Scott Sadowsky
<lists at SPANISHTRANSLATOR.ORG> wrote:

> On 10/31/2003 11:34 AM, George Thompson wrote the following:
>
>> In as much as there is no filter now in place...
>
> Why not ask people to put some sort of flag --such as "ANTE:"-- in the
> subject line of posts with antedatings?  That way they could be easily
> filtered, either to the trash or to a special antedating mail box, by all
> and sundry.  This is standard practice on many lists.
>
> Cheers,
> Scott
>
>
>
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> "Happiness is a signal that our brains use to motivate us to do certain
> things. And in the same way that our eye adapts to different levels of
> illumination, we're designed to kind of go back to the happiness set
> point. Our brains are not trying to be happy. Our brains are trying to
> regulate us".   -- George Loewenstein



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Peter A. McGraw       Linfield College        McMinnville, Oregon
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