Fw: shit v. shoot [was: Go sit on your East Coast]

[Thomas Paikeday]

SORRY TRANSMISSION LOST, HENCE FORWARDED

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From: "Thomas Paikeday" <thomaspaikeday at sprint.ca>
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Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 5:31 PM
Subject: shit v. shoot [was: Go sit on your East Coast]


> Paul,
>
> I think that was a legitimate question [capitalized below]. But what's the
> use of going to IU, OSU, UW, etc. if you have to descend to your native
> vulgarity each time you face a question you don't like?
>
> T.M.P.
> www.paikeday.net
>
> P.S.
> shit v. shoot
> About "shoot" interj. as a polite form of "shit" interj., MWCD (2003)
> gives its date as 1876, OED (v. 3 disk) cites from 1934. Perhaps OED
> online has an earlier date?
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dennis R. Preston" <preston at MSU.EDU>
> To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 8:06 PM
> Subject: Go sit on your East Coast
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>> Paul,
>>
>> Might sound better. But here's the official website blurb. Looks like
>> "Johns" to me. Course us guys who went to IU, OSU, UW, etc.,,  don't
>> really give a shit. The rest of us clearly had no interest in
>> advancing knowledge. But check out our jump shots.
>>
>> dInIs
>
>> [20 Jan. 06]
>> I seem to be missing something here. IS "JOHNS" BECOMING "JOHN" THE
>> SAME SORT OF CHANGE AS KROGERS, ETC.? But it's amazing how these
>> new formations catch on. The last time I checked, "John Hopkins
>> University" had 775,000 googlits, "Johns Hopkins University" 27,600,000.
>> (dInIs, FWIW, I do shop at Sears. Also Fortinos for groceries).
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>> Could be because you don't shop at Krogers, Meiers, Targets, Sears,
>> etc...
>
>> dInIs
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>>>I always thought "John Hopkins" sounded much better than "Johns Hopkins".
>>>But this may be a typo. Somebody could be turning in his grave.
>>>
>>>t.m.p.
>>>
>>>>>Paul Smolensky (John Hopkins University)
>>
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