[Ads-l] All well

[Laurence Horn]

Seems a bit like it could be a combo of "oh well" and "(it's) all good".  But probably it's not.

LH
 
> On Mar 28, 2015, at 4:06 PM, Joe Salmons <jsalmons at WISC.EDU> wrote:
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> Somebody just asked me about the expression -- one they use -- 'all well' (specifically NOT 'oh well') as in: "It would be for instance if someone said 'it's raining outside so we can't go fishing.' I would respond "all well" and wouldn't be super disappointed.
> 
> DARE doesn't seem to have it. Is this something that folks are familiar with? 
> 
> Thanks,
> Joe
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