[Ads-l] Scissors

[Margaret Winters]

Trying again by pasting the original message (it worked for Geoff Nathan who got the same mess as David):

My mother, a New York City high school English teacher, always insisted on 'pair of scissors'.  I tend still, many years after her death, to heed her directives (ask me about 'whom'), but I sometimes say 'scissors', always though in the plural.


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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 David Daniel <dad at COARSECOURSES.COM>
Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2023 5:53 PM
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Subject: RES: Scissors

[EXTERNAL]

Hi Margaret. You can see below what your reply looked like, so I can't
respond! Dunno why this happens with some and not with others.
DAD

-----Mensagem original-----
De: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] Em nome de
Margaret Winters
Enviada em: domingo, 23 de julho de 2023 18:15
Para: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Assunto: Re: Scissors

Poster:       Margaret Winters <mewinters at WAYNE.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Scissors
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