[Ads-l] QOTY? multiple positions (UNCLASSIFIED)

Wed Jun 29 20:37:45 UTC 2016

Bill Mullins
> Never mind - I see that my email backed up, and that
> Garson's Albuquerque cite was came in before my
> Elyria one went out.

Sorry, Bill. Your citation for Feb 1983 was sent to the mailing list
gateway before mine, I think, but as you have correctly concluded
there was a long delay before the mailing list gateway deigned to
relay some messages. So I sent my message before I saw your post.

Garson

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2016 3:22 PM
>> To: 'American Dialect Society' <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>> Subject: Re: QOTY? multiple positions (UNCLASSIFIED)
>>
>>
>> This is the same article as the 23 Feb 1983 Elyria OH cite I submitted.
>>
>> > ----
>> >
>> > Original meaning of "positions": Sexual positions of humans
>> > 1981 Jul 31: Sexual positions of squids
>> > 1982 Dec 03: Martial arts positions of humans (Found by Bill Mullins)
>> > 1983 Feb 23: Political positions of humans
>> >
>> > Date: February 23, 1983
>> > Newspaper: Albuquerque Journal
>> > Newspaper Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
>> > Article: Hart Just One of 'Cavalcade of Stars'
>> > Author: Sandy Grady (Knight-Ridder Newspapers) Quote Page 5, Column 2
>> >
>> > [Begin excerpt]
>> > Gary Hart - The Xerox Machine: Name an issue and he'll flood you with
>> > think tank pieces, documents, white papers Has more positions than the Kama Sutra. Big on high-tech jargon.
>> > [End excerpt]
>> >
>> > I only looked in Newspapers.com. So there is room for improvement in these dates.
>> >
>> >
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