[Ads-l] Heard: "I will _'compilate_ all the rules of protocol."

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Wed Dec 12 00:47:52 UTC 2018


Or, depending on the context, possibly “comply with”.  But “compile” is more likely.

> On Dec 11, 2018, at 4:53 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> Compile.
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> On Tue, Dec 11, 2018, 4:51 PM paul johnson <paulzjoh at mtnhome.com wrote:
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>> What does that mean, or even what were they trying to say?
>> 
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>> On 12/11/2018 3:09 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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>> My wife loves to correct my pronunciation, she suffers from irritable
>> vowel syndrome
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