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[Fred Shapiro]

On Sat, 27 Mar 2004, Mark A. Mandel wrote:

> The American Dialect Society is organized in the interest of the
> academic community and not for profit. Its object is the study of the
> English language in North America, together with other languages or
> dialects of other languages influencing it or influenced by it.

Haven't pretty much all languages influenced North American English or
been influenced by it?

Fred Shapiro


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