Query about an abbreviation

[Susan Burt]

Thank you, David!

Susan

On Mar 22, 2007, at 4:46 PM, David Borowitz wrote:

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> Historical Dictionary of American Slang:
> http://www.amazon.com/Random-House-Historical-Dictionary-American/dp/
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> I figured it out from
> http://www.acronymattic.com/results.aspx?q=hdas%20~american
> To agree with Susan, it might be useful for someone to just have a
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> somewhere with common abbreviations for works cited on the ADS-L list.
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> On 3/22/07, Susan Burt <smburt at ilstu.edu> wrote:
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>>>> As would the 1910 example in the Dictionary of Americanisms, and the
>>>> two additional 1910's cites in HDAS.
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>> This HDAS is cited fairly often by folks on this list, but I (for one)
>> do  not know what it stands for.  I can guess that it might be a
>> H--(?) (Harvard?) Dictionary of American Speech, but that's just a
>> guess.
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>> Is anyone willing to give full bibliographic information for a
>> relative
>> newbie to the list?
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>> Thanks,
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>> Susan
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