The prejudice store

[Joel S. Berson]

Yes, but isn't Wilson's example more like "the 'Prejudice'
Store"?  (Examples do not come to my mind of anything with a similar
adj/noun pair; only "The Apple Store" and the like with nouns.)

Joel

At 4/20/2008 01:36 PM, Arnold M. Zwicky wrote:
>On Apr 20, 2008, at 10:16 AM, Wilson Gray wrote:
>
>>I once went into a convenient[sic; this was back in the day; all such
>>stores now have changed their signs to read "convenience" store.]
>>store in Somerville, MA, wherein I was followed about by one of the
>>clerks. When I told this to a friend, she thereafter referred to the
>>place as "the _prejudice_ store." Since she was an sE speaker, I'm
>>fairly certain that it wasn't the phonological environment (alone)
>>that motivated her pronunciation.
>>
>>I think that this is the kind of thing that arnold has in mind.
>
>
>some examples (from a great many):
>
>Bush He's prejudice right?
>(http://wis.dm/questions/312305-bush-he-s-prejudice-right)
>
>He's prejudice against fat people, bald people, women, short people,
>etc.---some of the names he uses to describes some of these
>individuals is; ...
>www.commongroundcommonsense.org/forums/index.php?act=findpost&pid=37667
>
>Santa is flying all over the North Northeast and doesn't seem to want
>to come down Texas way. I guess he's prejudice against southerners. ...
>forums.qrz.com/archive/index.php/t-83137.html
>
>Why is that a prejudice notion? Is that all you have, he's prejudice?
>Come on, now go back to sending emails at LV PD. buh bye! ...
>www.topix.com/forum/news/immigration/TQLHL7GTHSQ034CH8
>
>
>
>I don't like Hannity, he's bias as hell I won't deny that, how could I
>haha. I don't see O'reily that way at all though. Now, can you be
>honest about ...
>www.soulcast.com/post/show/84379/And-You-Thought-Hannity-was-a-Journalist%3F
>
>21st January 2008, 19:32. Who cares if he's bias towards Hewitt he is
>commentating for an Australian only audience.
>www.bigfooty.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-409683.html
>
>It doesn't matter if he's bias or not...
>www.volnation.com/forum/tennessee-vols/26272-sec-s-best-player-joe-b.html
>
>After reading only a few pages, I lost my trust in his expertise, and
>identified a bias story.
>www.amazon.com/E-Con-How-Internet-Undermines-Democracy/dp/0773760563
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