[Ads-l] factoid or foolishness?

[Geoffrey Steven Nathan]

Ies. 

Geoffrey S. Nathan 
Faculty Liaison, C&IT 
and Professor, Linguistics Program 
http://blogs.wayne.edu/proftech/ 
+1 (313) 577-1259 (C&IT) 

Nobody at Wayne State will EVER ask you for your password. Never send it to anyone in an email, no matter how authentic the email looks. 

----- Original Message -----

> From: "Dave Hause" <dwhause at CABLEMO.NET>
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2015 1:37:20 PM
> Subject: Re: factoid or foolishness?

> ---------------------- Information from the mail header
> -----------------------
> Sender: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Poster: Dave Hause <dwhause at CABLEMO.NET>
> Subject: Re: factoid or foolishness?
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

> So this is really the "King Iames" version?
> Dave Hause
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Lighter
> Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2015 12:05 PM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: factoid or foolishness?

> ---------------------- Information from the mail
> header -----------------------
> Sender: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Poster: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: factoid or foolishness?
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

> "No J, No Jesus!"

> It's that simple.

> JL

> On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 12:38 PM, Laurence Horn
> <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
> wrote:

> > ---------------------- Information from the mail header
> > -----------------------
> > Sender: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> > Poster: Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
> > Subject: Re: factoid or foolishness?
> >
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > > On Jul 7, 2015, at 11:47 AM, Joel Berson <berson at att.net> wrote:
> > >=20
> > > I vote for "error". The Bible of Bibles, BibleGateway.com, proves
> > > =
> > there are 942 occurrences of "Jesus" in the King James Version.
> >
> > Well, there are none in the Old Testament, I'd wager, so we can =
> > project...oh, nevermind.
> >
> > LH
> > >=20
> > >=20
> > > P.S. If there's a runoff poll, I vote for "foolishness."
> > >=20
> > > JSB
> > >=20
> > > From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> > > To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU=20
> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2015 7:28 AM
> > > Subject: [ADS-L] factoid or foolishness?
> > >=20
> > > Huffington Post:
> > >=20
> > > "The King James Version would make its debut in the year of 1611
> > > =
> > (before
> > > the letter J existed, so the name 'Jesus' did not appear once)."
> > >=20
> > > We report, you decide.
> > >=20
> > > JL
> > >=20
> > > --=20
> > > "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle
> > > the =
> > truth."
> > >=20
> > > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > > The American Dialect Society - =
> > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=3Dhttp-3A__www.americandialect.=
> > org&d=3DAwIFaQ&c=3D-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=3DwFp3X4Mu39hB2bf13gtz0ZpW1TsS=
> > xPIWYiZRsMFFaLQ&m=3Dw-NjcpnHGvn-xFde_EzbOy8ReH_ErQrjYvORfg2zMfU&s=3D2gQQ5Z=
> > y0K9XSdSDgQBQGXZMj2IZLL1E9530sS8NwLYk&e=3D=20
> > >=20
> > >=20
> > >=20
> > > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > > The American Dialect Society - =
> > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=3Dhttp-3A__www.americandialect.=
> > org&d=3DAwIFaQ&c=3D-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=3DwFp3X4Mu39hB2bf13gtz0ZpW1TsS=
> > xPIWYiZRsMFFaLQ&m=3Dw-NjcpnHGvn-xFde_EzbOy8ReH_ErQrjYvORfg2zMfU&s=3D2gQQ5Z=
> > y0K9XSdSDgQBQGXZMj2IZLL1E9530sS8NwLYk&e=3D=20
> > >=20
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
> >

> --
> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the
> truth."

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

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

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