"to mill", to steal: 1752

[Wilson Gray]

Well, carry me back to old New York City!

-Wilson Gray

On Dec 6, 2004, at 2:49 PM, George Thompson wrote:

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> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Poster:       George Thompson <george.thompson at NYU.EDU>
> Subject:      "to mill", to steal: 1752
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> "... his Master ... thereupon carried him, with what Money he had,
> back to the Tavern ..."
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>         N-Y Gazette Revived, November 27, 1752, p. 2, col.
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> GAT
> George A. Thompson
> Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern
> Univ. Pr., 1998, but nothing much lately.
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> "We have seen the best of our time.  Machinations, hollowness,
> treachery, and all ruinous disorders follow us disquietly to our
> graves."  King Lear, Act 1, scene 2 (Gloucester speaking).
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Lynne Murphy <lynnem at COGS.SUSX.AC.UK>
> Date: Monday, March 19, 2001 9:45 am
> Subject: Bushonics speakers strike back (fwd)
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>> It's not every day that 'linguistics professor' is a major role in a
>> satire.  Enjoy...  Lynne
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>> lynnem at cogs.susx.ac.uk thought you would be interested in this
>> article at
>> Salon.com http://www.salon.com
>> lynnem at cogs.susx.ac.uk came from IP: 139.184.30.11
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>> Bushonics speakers strike back
>> By Tom McNichol
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>> http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/03/19/bushonics/index.html
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>> We're mad as hell and we won't be misunderestimated anymore!
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>> Mon Mar 19 06:43:18 2001
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>> M Lynne Murphy
>> Lecturer in Linguistics
>> School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences
>> University of Sussex
>> Brighton BN1 9QH
>> UK
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>> phone +44-(0)1273-678844
>> fax   +44-(0)1273-671320
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