Hi!

[Laurence Horn]

At 9:37 PM +0000 4/4/07, Tom Zurinskas wrote:
>Again, we can only guess at ages and background.

No, we're not guessing.  Several of us know Wilson, and he's alluded
to a number of details in his background (including his age, even if
he's less likely to boast of it than Jerry is for him ;-) ) on
previous posts over the years, as have many of the rest of us (on the
sloppy reading), and as reported the other interlocutor reveals some
of her relevant particulars on her myspace site.

LH

>Because we are talking dialects here, it's good to know the background of
>each participant.  I suggest all do as I and put a short bio such as mine
>below in their post.  This bio is in my hotmail signature.
>
>Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL4+
>See truespel.com and the 4 truespel books at authorhouse.com.
>
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>>From: "Cohen, Gerald Leonard" <gcohen at UMR.EDU>
>>Reply-To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>>Subject: Re: Hi!
>>Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 22:06:59 -0500
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>>   This is stating the obvious, but here goes. Wilson Gray is some 50 years
>>the senior of the young woman who so grossly and gratuitously insulted him.
>>  He has had a very wide range of life experiences and a keen interest in
>>language, and his extensive ads-l postings over the years have been of
>>enormous benefit to numerous word researchers. On occasion I have published
>>his work and have been honored to do so.
>>
>>      He is one of the finest people I have been privileged to be in
>>contact with.
>>
>>Gerald Cohen
>>Professor of Foreign Languages
>>Editor, Comments on Etymology
>>University of Missouri-Rolla
>>Rolla, MO 65409
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