"teabonics"

[Joseph Salmons]

Google Hickonics, Wisconics and such. There's a proto-world thing floating now called Edenics and I'm curious whether that's connected here somehow too. (A couple of links are here: http://mr-verb.blogspot.com/2010/02/on-ics-for-language-names-more-edenics.html ).

Joe


On Apr 19, 2010, at 5:19 AM, David Barnhart wrote:

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> When I mentioned _teabonics_ to the conferees at the ADS-Northeast Region
> meeting at SUNY-New Paltz this past weekend, someone in the audience
> (perhaps Dennis Preston) mentioned having heard or seen _Hillbonics_.  Any
> other _-bonics_ would be much appreciated.
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> Regards,
> David
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> Barnhart at highlands.com
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