"Process continuum"

[Laurence Horn]

At 7:43 AM -0400 9/5/08, Charles Doyle wrote:
>I frequently specify "ink pen" for "ballpoint" (and, formerly, for
>"fountain pen") to disambiguate from "pin," which is sometimes
>"stick pin" or "straight pin" (when it isn't a "safety pin").
>
>Speaking of Southerness (and perhaps Elsewhereness): Do any of y'all
>remember the old Sunday School joke, "What was the principal tool

or "principal weapon"

>of the early Christians?"?
>
>The answer is "the ax of the apostles."
>
>--Charlie

Works for me (b. NYC 1945, raised NYC/LI). Except in slow monitored
speech, "acts" and "ax" are homophones.

LH

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>---- Original message ----
>>Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 00:49:05 -0400
>>From: Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
>>Subject: Re: "Process continuum"
>>
>>FWIW, from watching BET, it appears that, among some BE speakers,
>>[eiNk pIn] is now used for what is otherwise known as a "ballpoint."
>>
>>-Wilson
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