TIPS

[Dave Wilton]

And I addressed most of these in "Word Myths: Debunking Linguistic Urban
Legends."

--Dave Wilton
  dave at wilton.net

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From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
Michael Quinion
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 10:11 AM
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: TIPS

> it would be nice to have these assembled, with some discussion of the
> history of each acronym (insofar as it is known), in a single place. it
> could even make an entertaining little book.

Ahem, I treated most of them in my book, "Port Out, Starboard Home"
(Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds on your side of the pond).


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Michael Quinion
Editor, World Wide Words
E-mail: wordseditor at worldwidewords.org
Web: http://www.worldwidewords.org

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