On the dangers of crying wol(o)f

Dennis R. Preston preston at MSU.EDU
Wed Jun 15 16:14:40 UTC 2005


larry,

Please do not cause my processor to overextend itself by using "OT"
in a list that has linguist readers. I sure I spent an extra 568.987
mss recovering the bizarre meaning "off-topic."

dInIs

Larry took us down the garden path by writing:

...(iii) attempt to render this all slightly less OT by observing that
public television and radio support and make available...

Larry

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