[Ads-l] choke up =? emotional

[Margaret Winters]

overcome?


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MARGARET E WINTERS
Former Provost
Professor Emerita - French and Linguistics
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI  48202

mewinters at wayne.edu



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From: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> on behalf of Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at GMAIL.COM>
Sent: Saturday, September 9, 2017 6:15 PM
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Subject: Re: choke up =? emotional

On Sat, Sep 9, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Barretts Mail wrote:
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> Is there an English adjective other than “emotional” to describe the
> emotion when you are overwhelmed by, err, emotion?


Verklempt?

--bgz

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