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

[Margaret Winters]

It *is* a thing of evil and I do not know how to stop it from happening.  There was correspondence on the list a while ago about this garbage, but no solution was found.

Maggie

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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 2:56 PM
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: the Good News Bad News joke routine

> On Jul 7, 2019, at 9:38 AM, Margaret Winters <mewinters at WAYNE.EDU> wrote:
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> 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.

excellent.

the url you provided, on the other hand, is a thing of evil.

arnold

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