"bring it on!"

[Mark Mandel]

I favor #3.

m a m from my Palm Tungsten T|X

On 6/14/08, Sam Clements <SClements at neo.rr.com> wrote:
> Your third choice would be to continue to post such requests to the list,
> which IS the proper place to ask these.  And take away the input so gained.
> And TRY to ignore the unintended gaffs/slights/etc. of the members of the
> list.
>
> Sam Clements
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Arnold M. Zwicky" <zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU>
> To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 6:59 PM
> Subject: Re: "bring it on!"
>
>
>> On Jun 14, 2008, at 2:29 PM, Ben Zimmer wrote:
>>
>> quoting Wilson Gray:
>>
>>> BTW, how can anyone claim that some word or phrase has never been used
>>> before, simply because he himself has never heard or read it?
>>
>> Ben:
>>
>>>
>>> To be fair, Arnold was simply passing along a query from Bruce
>>> Webster. I highly doubt that Arnold, who has written extensively about
>>> the Recency Illusion, would make any such claim.
>>
>> indeed.  my reaction is to say that i have two courses: not to pass on
>> any such queries to ADS-L, because they will be viewed as ignorant and
>> thoughtless (and to explain this to my correspondents), or to hedge
>> the queries with elaborate disclaimers about my beliefs and knowledge,
>> my correspondent's beliefs and knowledge, and so on.
>>
>> my inclination is to say: fuck the list. i don't need this grief,
>>
>> arnold
>>
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