Quotations and Sayings--(Yes, continue)

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

        Original message from Fred Shapiro, Jan. 20, 2005, 8:19 a.m.:
> Much of the material posted last night by Barry, Sam, and Ben,related to quotations and sayings, was quite brilliant.  For selfish reasons, I'd like to encourage this trend toward quotational postings on this list,
> unless the linguists feel that such a trend is too far out of scope for the list.
>
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        FWIW, I support those postings, which are so beneficial to Fred in the preparation of his magnum opus and which are of general interest to many other members of our list. Expressions and sayings are a part of language, so they fall within the pale.

        Gerald Cohen (linguist)