CP Time

[Dennis R. Preston]

Wilson,

Your stuff is good cept for the r-lessness (e.g., thetty, for me at
least). I'm one rhotic sumbitch.

Sides, wadn't my fault they start meetings in NY so dang early.

dInIs



>On Nov 5, 2004, at 3:53 PM, Dennis R. Preston wrote:
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>>Once when I taught in New York I told a colleague who I was driving
>>to a conference that I wouls pick him up around 7:10 or 7:15. He
>>asked "Which?" Reckon I was usin some kinda time he wasn't used to.
>>Coulda been HP time.
>>
>>dInIs
>
>You obviously mint inny time 'tween sebm 'n' sebm-thetty, dInIs, seem
>like t'me, though that is rather early. As Richard Pryor has pointed
>out, don't nothin be hapnin 'fo' lebm-thetty.
>
>-Wilson
>
>>
>>>Our department chair, who is Mormon, instructed us recently on how we
>>>might
>>>better parcel out the hours of the day to reflect the 40-40-20
>>>evaluation
>>>of teaching, research, and service!
>>>
>>>At 02:25 PM 11/5/2004, you wrote:
>>>>Alice and Jesse speak of "Jewish time". It seems to me that I've
>>>>always
>>>>heard this expression from my relatives. (We are Jewish.)
>>>>
>>>>Jesse notes:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>  I hear new variants of this constantly--"[some ethnic, racial,
>>>>religious etc. group] time" = 'late'.
>>>>  <<<<<
>>>>
>>>>It seems to me that there's a significant difference in whether or
>>>>not such
>>>>terms are used by the group referenced in them.
>>>>
>>>>On the other hand, "Mormon standard time", which Fritz cites, or
>>>>"Mormon
>>>>time" as I have heard it, I was told referred to extreme
>>>>punctuality: that a
>>>>Mormon would say "I'll be there at 5:06" and appear at your door at
>>>>5:06.
>>>>
>>>>-- Mark A. Mandel
>>>>[I talk, Dragon NaturallySpeaking types, I correct. Neither of us is
>>>>perfect.]
>>
>>
>>--
>>Dennis R. Preston
>>University Distinguished Professor
>>Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic,
>>         Asian and African Languages
>>Wells Hall A-740
>>Michigan State University
>>East Lansing, MI 48824-1027 USA
>>Office: (517) 353-0740
>>Fax: (517) 432-2736


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Dennis R. Preston
University Distinguished Professor of Linguistics
Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian, and African Languages
A-740 Wells Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: (517) 432-3099
Fax: (517) 432-2736
preston at msu.edu