Proposal: A separate antedatings list

[Dennis Preston]

I agree with Lynne. Doesn't the DSNA have a list (if not, it should)
in which matters lexicographical could be discussed? (Dialect
lexicographers might want to get both.)

dInIs

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>Poster:       Lynne Murphy <m.l.murphy at SUSSEX.AC.UK>
>Subject:      Re: Proposal: A separate antedatings list
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>I receive ADS-L in digest form, and usually skip a whole day's digest if I
>see that the titles are mostly about antedatings and local food terms.  I'm
>sure I miss a lot that would've been worth my while to read, but it's a
>pain to click through all those messages to get to the potentially
>interesting ones when I know that I've got 50 other messages that need to
>be read in my inbox each morning.  So, I'll go against what seems to be the
>flow here and say that I would welcome a separate antedatings list.
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>Lynne
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>--On Sunday, November 4, 2007 2:05 am +0000 ronbutters at AOL.COM wrote:
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>>  The American Dialect Society is devoted to the study of the English
>>  language in America. So just about anything goes--but maybe in moderation?
>>
>>  Thanks, though, to those who have suggested ways of dealing with 30
>>  messages per day (15 of which usually come from the same 3 or 4 people)
>>  without taking the drastic measure of removing myself from what is
>>  certainly a VIGOROUS list. It seems clear to me that most of the people
>>  who have not signed off already like it the way it is. I still think it
>>  would be a good idea to limit everyone to perhaps ten messages a week.
>>
>>  ------Original Message------
>>  From: Joel S. Berson
>>  Sender: American Dialect Society
>>  To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>>  ReplyTo: American Dialect Society
>>  Sent: Nov 3, 2007 7:10 PM
>>  Subject: Re: [ADS-L] Proposal: A separate antedatings list
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>>  To those who would like one or more separate lists, or those who wish
>>  to unsubscribe but have sent their requests to the wrong  list address:
>>
>>  What subjects do you propose should remain on ADS-L?
>>
>>  Joel
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>Dr M Lynne Murphy
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>University of Sussex
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Dennis R. Preston
University Distinguished Professor
Department of English
Morrill Hall 15-C
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48864 USA

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