An on-line exchange:

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Tue Mar 13 21:01:12 UTC 2012


On Mar 13, 2012, at 3:31 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

> A. I get the spinning beach ball of death almost every time that I
> mouse my mouse.
>
> B. "… mouse my mouse"? You're not drinking any more today!
>
regressive assimilation with a vengeance! (assuming "move my mouse" was consciously intended)

LH

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