"Q: "show me out [something]" = show to me?
Mark Mandel
thnidu at GMAIL.COM
Sun Feb 10 01:05:52 UTC 2008
Fine with me.
m a m
On Feb 9, 2008 7:33 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
> At 2/9/2008 04:40 PM, Mark Mandel wrote:
> >Ah. Doeg's later question casts a new light on the issue, and does
> indeed
> >support the reading "show me where..." as a reasonable alternative.
>
> With your sanction, Mark, I'm going to send it on to the OED, where
> the real experts are.
>
> Joel
>
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