[Ads-l] the Good News Bad News joke routine

[Margaret Winters]

To follow up with a headline from yesterday's New York Times, The Good News: The Job Market Is Solid. The Bad News: The Job Market Is Solid.<http://nyt.et.e.sparkpost.com/f/a/Vtk8dLdEGUXaSpbUIZpZVw~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfAtudP0TYaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wNy8wNS91cHNob3Qvam9icy1yZXBvcnQtYW5hbHlzaXMuaHRtbD9ubD10b2RheXNoZWFkbGluZXMmZW1jPWVkaXRfdGhfMTkwNzA2P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTImaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTA3MjYmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNDk2OCZ1c2VyX2lkPTdjM2VhNTdmMWIxY2QzMDZiMTVkYTEyYTRjZjY2ZDExJnJlZ2lfaWQ9MjU2OTc4MDIwNzA2VwNueXRCCgAfnVYgXVJ3J3lSE21ld2ludGVyc0B3YXluZS5lZHVYBAAAAAA~>

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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 Arnold M. Zwicky <zwicky at STANFORD.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, July 7, 2019 12:30 PM
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: the Good News Bad News joke routine



> On Jul 7, 2019, at 8:55 AM, Geoffrey Nathan <geoffnathan at WAYNE.EDU> wrote:
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> There’s a variant that is probably somewhat younger that it might be interesting to explore, although I’m not sure how to do it. One exemplar is as follows:
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> The good thing about digital cameras is that you can take thousands of pictures without having to worry about running out of film
> The bad thing about digital cameras is that you can take thousands of pictures….
>
> …. you get the idea.

Thanks, Geoff.  Added as a comment on my blog.

Arnold


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