[Ads-l] Quote: "There is no such corrupting lie as a problem poorly named."

Mark Mandel markamandel at GMAIL.COM
Sat Aug 17 22:07:58 UTC 2019


(Facepalm)

On Sat, Aug 17, 2019, 4:39 PM ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Back on August 3rd MAM sent the following inquiry to the list:
> > What's ADS, svp?
>
> This inquiry is rather cryptic. It might mean "What's ADS, s'il vous
> plait?" ADS is a reference to the American Dialect Society. My
> email name on this list has an ADS prefix because it is a specialized
> email name which  is primarily dedicated to ADS related communication.
> Garson
>
> On Sat, Aug 3, 2019 at 12:08 PM Mark Mandel <markamandel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > What's ADS, svp?
> >
> > MAM
> >
>

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