"Times, they are=?windows-1252?Q?=85=22_?=(TV-drama dialogue)

[Laurence Horn]

On Jan 13, 2013, at 6:21 PM, Dan Goncharoff wrote:

> I always thought newspapers went to press, but books went to print. Am
> I mistaken?
> DanG

Well, [having something] "in press" is different from "in print", but that's more of an aspectual distinction than one that involves the content or format…

LH
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 9:31 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
>> ---------------------- Information from the mail header -----------------------
>> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>> Poster:       Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
>> Subject:      =?UTF-8?B?IlRpbWVzLCB0aGV5IGFyZeKApiIgKFRWLWRyYW1hIGRpYWxvZ3VlKQ=
>>              =?=
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Agent: "Where's the dedication?"
>> Author: "I didn't think you'd notice."
>> Agent: "I'm paid to notice. Where is it?"
>> Author: "I haven't thought about the dedication, yet."
>> Agent:  "Well, think about it! We're ready to go to _print_!"
>>
>> Remember when publications went to _press_?
>>
>> <sigh!>
>>
>> --
>> -Wilson
>> -----
>> All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
>> to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
>> -Mark Twain
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org