~ (UNCLASSIFIED)

Tom Zurinskas truespel at HOTMAIL.COM
Sat Feb 21 23:36:15 UTC 2009


I don't recall addressing that to you, but to Scot.

Don't you think it's right to stand up to these kind of intellectual bullies.  There is no excuse for that kind of behavior.

Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
see truespel.com


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> Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:52:02 +0800
> From: strangeguitars at GMAIL.COM
> Subject: Re: ~ (UNCLASSIFIED)
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
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> Sender: American Dialect Society
> Poster: Randy Alexander
> Subject: Re: ~ (UNCLASSIFIED)
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> On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Tom Zurinskas wrote:
>> I ask you to explain yourself in the light of the facts that I asked you below and you give us
>> this
>
> WARNING! INSULTING LANGUAGE FOLLOWS:
>
> crap. You're a drag. Get lost.
>
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>
> Tom: is there some useful purpose behind the insults? Because I can't
> find any. (If you respond, please don't respond with something along
> the lines of "well, he did it to me first!")
>
> Scot: I think I understand how dialects arise, but I never thought of
> there being a "why". Since you referred to "how and why dialects
> arise", I'm curious about this (in all seriousness, if you were in
> fact serious about it).
>
> --
> Randy Alexander
> Jilin City, China
> My Manchu studies blog:
> http://www.bjshengr.com/manchu
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