MADtv on the lexicography of slang

[Wilson Gray]

Different strokes, George. Different strokes.

-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"---a strange complaint to
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On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 12:07 PM, George Thompson
<george.thompson at nyu.edu> wrote:
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> I listened to the first 25 seconds of so of the skit, heard nothing would have brought out a burst of laughter from me. Â Fox's laugh-machine must be easily amused.
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> GAT
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> George A. Thompson
> Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern Univ. Pr., 1998, but nothing much lately.
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> From: Benjamin Zimmer <bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU>
> Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 10:34 am
> Subject: MADtv on the lexicography of slang
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>> Language Log post on a recent MADtv sketch:
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>> http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1383
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>> --Ben Zimmer
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