"last stitch effort"

[Dennis R. Preston]

You're right of course; I was way too up front, and my famous
subtlety was lost.

dInIs



>On Sep 24, 2004, at 1:46 PM, Dennis R. Preston wrote:
>
>>>You mean famously evil permissive LIBERAL *linguist* (makes snarling
>>>so much easier for many)
>>>
>>>arnold, famously evil permissive *linguist* (snarl when you say that!)
>
>"liberal" is understood.  if you pronounce it, it gets all the snarly
>emphasis, so the epithet "linguist" is backgrounded and loses its
>punch.
>
>arnold


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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
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