[Lexicog] Re: overly talkative

[Scott Nelson]

Ken, actually it was a humanities class. But War and Peace took up too much of my time. I fell asleep after reading the first 1,000 pages. (Hyperbole works here, doesn't it?)
Scott

--- On Sun, 11/9/08, Kenneth C. Hill <kennethchill at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Kenneth C. Hill <kennethchill at yahoo.com>
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Date: Sunday, November 9, 2008, 5:32 PM










Tolstoy in English class? --Ken

--- On Sat, 11/8/08, Scott Nelson <bolstar1 at yahoo. com> wrote:

From: Scott Nelson <bolstar1 at yahoo. com>
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Date: Saturday, November 8, 2008, 4:20 PM









Bill, I went to the University of Minnesota, and I am surprised that they made me read Leo Tolstoy, and not Edith Wharton. I am confused. Who was the the brighter child of English?
 
Scott

--- On Sat, 11/8/08, billposer at alum. mit.edu <billposer at alum. mit.edu> wrote:

From: billposer at alum. mit.edu <billposer at alum. mit.edu>
Subject: Re: [Lexicog] Re: overly talkative
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Date: Saturday, November 8, 2008, 3:02 PM




>Bill, and to think all our tax money went to MIT, just to hear your
>cute joke. Now I've heard everything.

Well, not to toot my own horn, but I would like to think that that
joke was not my sole contribution to linguistics. ..

Bill



 














      
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