site seeing

[John Spartz]

Or, maybe it was an intentional play on sight/site.. After all, the
SITE is listed below the statement. Translation: Go see our site.

John Spartz

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 27, 2008, at 11:49 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> ---------------------- Information from the mail header
> -----------------------
> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Poster:       Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject:      Re: site seeing
> ---
> ---
> ---
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Hm. That one's hard to argue with. When you go sight-seeing, you
> generally see sites.
>
> -Wilson
>
> On 2/27/08, Barbara Need <nee1 at midway.uchicago.edu> wrote:
>> ---------------------- Information from the mail header
>> -----------------------
>> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>> Poster:       Barbara Need <nee1 at MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU>
>> Subject:      site seeing
>> ---
>> ---
>> ---
>> ---
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Found on a coffee cup in Boston:
>>
>> GO SITE SEEING AT
>> www.javacity.com
>>
>> GO and SITE are in bold.
>>
>> Barbara
>>
>> Barbara Need
>> UChicago
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
>>
>
>
> --
> All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"---a strange complaint to
> come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
> -----
>                                              -Sam'l Clemens
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org