Hi!

[Alice Faber]

This is totally uncalled for. Every mailing list I'm on--about a dozen
in total--has this happen from time to time. On one, we created a verb
for it, Maddying, after the most frequent practitioner. Maddy was a dear
friend of mine, and Wilson could do a hell of a lot worse than emulate her.

Rachel Berardinelli wrote:
> Are you retarded?
>
> You send these kinds of messages all the time. You seem to
> be at work, on your computer, quite often, so why don't
> you figure out how to use your goddamn email?
>
> Give linguistics a break and focus on technological
> competence. This was amusing at first, but now I just
> think you're a blooming idiot. And I'm sick of these
> messages. How the fuck do I get off this mailing list? I
> tried blocking everyone but it didn't work.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, 2 Apr 2007 13:39:32 -0400
>  Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>> Sender:       American Dialect Society
>> <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>> Poster:       Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
>> Subject:      Hi!
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>>
>> Hi, sugar!
>>     I'm feeling better, now. So, I'm doing the dishes.
>> My tummy is
>> still a little roiled, but no biggie. All else is well.
>> Love you,
>> -Wilson
>> --
>> All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"---a
>> strange complaint to
>> come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
>> -----
>>                                                      -Sam'l
>> Clemens
>>
>> Dope wil get you through times of no money better than
>> money will get
>> you through times of no dope.
>> -----
>>                                         -Free-Wheeling
>> Franklin
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> People are afraid of themselves, nowadays. They have
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