taint

[Jonathan Lighter]

No.  You see, the present-day United States used to be made up of thirteen British colonies, but the passage of the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts, along with the evident determination of the Crown to . . .

Aw, th' hell wit' it !

JL



"Mullins, Bill" <Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL> wrote:
---------------------- Information from the mail header -----------------------
Sender: American Dialect Society
Poster: "Mullins, Bill"
Subject: Re: taint
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Are you saying that the Father of our Country used the word "taint" in
this sense? What's the cite?
(I bet that doesn't come out when you do the Mount Vernon tour . . . ).

> -----Original Message-----
> From: American Dialect Society
> [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Jonathan Lighter
> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 10:37 AM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: taint
>
>
> Once again, Thank God for George Washington !
>
> JL
>
>

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
http://mail.yahoo.com