this is dedicated to the one I love...

Wilson Gray hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Fri Mar 17 04:14:55 UTC 2006


Is this a great country or what?! ;-)

-Wilson

On 3/15/06, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
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> Poster:       Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
> Subject:      this is dedicated to the one I love...
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> Is this a new practice, or just one of which I had been blissfully
> unaware?  In either case, I'm sure we'd all like to jump in on the
> bidding, rich and vain (but tasteful) as we all are...
>
> LH
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> From: "The Vocabula Review" <bounce at vocabula.com>
> To: <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
> Subject: A Book Dedicated to You
> Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:18:47 -0500
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> A Book Dedicated to You
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> Later this year, the second editions of <>The Dimwit's Dictionary
> and <>The Dictionary of Concise Writing , both by Robert Hartwell
> Fiske, will be published.
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> Since The Vocabula Review struggles endlessly to make ends meet, we
> thought we would offer book dedications to the highest bidders.
>
> If you would like one of these two books dedicated to you, or to
> someone you know, please make your bid.
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> You'll write the dedication, and we'll publish it (so long as it's in
> good taste, of course).
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> Bidding starts at $250.00.
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> Bid here: <mailto:info at vocabula.com?subject=Here is my bid for a
> dedication>info at vocabula.com.
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> *We will make it clear who has written the dedication (unless he or
> she wishes to be anonymous).
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> <http://www.vocabula.com/vrgenerosity.asp>Donate to Vocabula
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