Heard on The Judges

Paul paulzjoh at MTNHOME.COM
Thu Feb 28 20:53:25 UTC 2008


Hear Hear, seems Wilson would be "the Man" in the judges sense and all
others to do that project. Perverting and twisting the Reader's Digest
"towards a more colorful language" beyond where they ever thought it
could go.

Cohen, Gerald Leonard wrote:
> Hmmm. That's an idea.  Wilson, would you be interested in compiling your material?  Sounds like a book of interest to both scholars/lexicographers and laymen.
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> G.
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>> From:         American Dialect Society on behalf of Brenda Lester
>> Sent:         Thursday, February Feb. 28, 2008 1:51 PM
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>>   You could write a book, based on the language used in THOSE programs.
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>>   bl
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>> Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>  <snip>
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