Quote: In two words: im-possible (antedating 1928)

[Shapiro, Fred]

Is this thread an attempt to prove Ron Butters' point about excessive extraneous postings to ADS-L?

Fred Shapiro


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From: American Dialect Society [ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Joel S. Berson [Berson at ATT.NET]
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 1:31 PM
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Subject: Re: Quote: In two words: im-possible (antedating 1928)

At 2/10/2010 12:07 PM, Dan Goncharoff wrote:
>Ah. To his friends, Jim Possible...

But was Kim's brother Jim, presumably also James's son, therefore
known as Jim Possible, Jr.?

Joel


>DanG
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>On 2/10/2010 12:02 PM, Garson O'Toole wrote:
>>>>The father of Kim Possible?
>>The writers of the animated series did dance around that possibility:
>>Mim Possible (ancestor), Jim Possible (brother), Tim Possible
>>(brother), Slim Possible (uncle). But they named Kim's father James.
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