Chicagoisms

[Wilson Gray]

Whoa! Who knew that none of those words came to have their accepted
meanings until they appeared in some Chicago newspaper?

Or has the point of the article escaped my notice?

-Wilson

On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 1:03 PM, David A. Daniel <dad at pokerwiz.com> wrote:
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> Perhaps this is old news for you all, but Chicago Magazine has an
> interesting article on the "Top 40 Chicago Words-Our Contributions to the
> English Language". Here
> http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/July-2010/Top-40-Chicago-Words-Ou
> r-Contributions-to-the-English-Language/index.php
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> The article mentions, ADS, Ben Zimmer and the ubiquitous Mr. Popik.
> DAD
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