Proposal: A separate antedatings list

[Sam Clements]

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Subject: Re: Proposal: A separate antedatings list


> Fred Shapiro wrote:
>>>>
> I suggest again the solution I have suggested in the past, namely that the
> antedaters and OT posters, including myself, exercise more self-restraint
> than they have been doing.  This is a potentially wonderful list bringing
> together talented professional linguists and talented amateur language
> buffs, and it would be a shame to kill it off because of some people's
> stubborn insistence on overposting (again, I include myself in this
> category, although I believe my signal-to-noise ratio is better than some
> others').
> <<<
>
> I'd be happy to sign the same pledge (and confession).

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Sam Clements

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