[Ads-l] Heard on Forensic files:

[Margaret Winters]

Of course those who know Latin grammar are also familiar with supine...


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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 Baker, John <JBAKER at STRADLEY.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, February 7, 2018 9:30 AM
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Subject: Re: Heard on Forensic files:

I’ll tell you who else knows:  medical professionals.  It isn’t clear from Wilson’s quote whether the speaker is a medical professional, in which case this is an error by the show, or a police officer (who is not a medical professional) or a non-medical civilian, for whom this might be a plausible error.


John Baker


From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Jonathan Lighter
Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 8:48 PM
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: Heard on Forensic files:

Of course. But who else knows that?

JL

On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 7:43 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com<mailto:hwgray at gmail.com>> wrote:

> "She was lying on her back, when she was stabbed, _in the prone position_."
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> He meant to say, "in the _supine_ position," of course.
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> -Wilson
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> All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
> come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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