early "tits"

[Laurence Horn]

On Jun 12, 2014, at 8:00 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> HDAS would also have included the possibly more common "... tits on a bull."

Where can we get ahold of those counterfactual volumes, now that we know how to cite them?  (Sigh.)

LH
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> Historically speaking then, "teats" and "tits" are interchangeable.
> Linguistically, I mean.
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> JL
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> On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 1:23 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 7:29 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
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>>> tits
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>> But that doesn't preclude a preference for "teats" in *my* speech, does it,
>> especially when it appears to coincide with the personal preference of at
>> least one other participant?
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>> Or maybe I've plumb missed the point.
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>> Youneverknow.
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