[Ads-l] on a screed

[Mark Mandel]

Seconded

On Wed, Oct 3, 2018, 12:01 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> No diff to me, with or without "off."
>
> One writes or reads or recites or delivers or launches into (et sim.) a
> "screed," but "goes on" a  tirade.
>
> AFAIK.
>
> JL
>
> On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 11:55 AM Parish, James <jparish at siue.edu> wrote:
>
> > Agreed, but "went off on a long screed" sounds fine to me.
> >
> > Jim Parish
> >
> > On 10/3/2018 10:43 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> > > CNN:  "[Judge K] went on a long screed."
> > >
> > > Sounds weird to me, despite OED def. as "tirade"
> > >
> > > Traditionally you don't (or didn't) "go on" a "screed" (though you do
> go
> > a
> > > "spree," like, you know, consuming mass quantities of beer.)
> > >
> > > JL
> > >
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