[Ads-l] Dude article in NY Times, Sunday

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> Congratulations, Jerry!

Yes, major congratulations to the entire team! Thank you for sharing
your magnificent research on this topic and other linguistic
conundrums.
Garson O'Toole

> On Sat, Mar 23, 2024 at 4:12 PM Stephen Goranson <goranson at duke.edu> wrote:
>
> > I have a copy of the book, which eventually will likely go to a library.
> > Worldcat today lists only one library holding it.
> > Other libraries interested in lexicography may want to have it.
> >
> > sg
> > ________________________________
> > From: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> on behalf of
> > Cohen, Gerald Leonard <gcohen at MST.EDU>
> > Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2024 3:49 PM
> > To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> > Subject: Dude article in NY Times, Sunday
> >
> > Dear ads-l members,
> >
> > I was interviewed a few days ago for a NY Times article
> > on the word dude and am grateful to the journalist
> > (Sarah Diamond) for the opportunity.  The dude topic
> > is very broad, and the detailed book that Barry Popik, Peter
> > Reitan and I wrote about it (2022) was limited to the first
> > stage (1883 and shortly thereafter).
> > The NY Times writer did a good job and accurately
> > mentioned that a team (of researchers) worked on
> > the dude project, but please let me now emphasize
> > the critical role that Popik and Reitan played.  Each
> > of us made important contributions to the topic over
> > the years, disseminated first in working papers). I can say
> > without hesitation that Popik and Reitan are both
> > extraordinary researchers and deserve every bit
> > of credit that may come their way.
> >
> > Gerald Cohen
> > P.S. the link to the article (slated to appear tomorrow,
> > Sunday) is
> >
> > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/23/insider/hey-dude-whats-the-history-of-dude.html__;!!OToaGQ!urdEO3P1abmCucxy4nDkLXSjXmxRvL816ffCVnCp_M64CPCEPkNp_5_d9VTHaAaWNTUGdI5GwA3fwzI$
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