[Ads-l] "What Happens in" story is now online (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

> On Oct 4, 2018, at 3:15 PM, MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY RDECOM AMRDEC (US) <william.d.mullins18.civ at MAIL.MIL> wrote:
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Shapiro, Fred
>> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2018 1:46 PM
>> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>> Subject: "What Happens in" story is now online
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>> I was interviewed by the New York Times for a Kavanaugh-related video story on the origin of the phrase "What happens in X stays in X."  I
>> have a very brief speaking appearance near the beginning of the clip.  (The Kavanaugh connection to the phrase is that the judge uses it a
>> lot, as in "What happens in Georgetown Prep stays in Georgetown Prep" or "What happens on the bus [returning to Yale Law School after
>> bar-hopping in Boston] stays on the bus" or "What happens at the Federalist Society after-party stays in the Federalist Society after-party.")
>> 
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>> Fred Shapiro
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> I don't see much on the subject phrase in the archives, or on Barry's site.  [examples follow]

go back a little bit in the arcihves and you will find postings by Ben Zimmer with links to his writings and mine (and Mark Liberman's etc.)  on this snowclone...

arnold

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