End of ADS-L Digest - 22 Mar 1995 to 23 Mar 1995

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There are 8 messages totalling 124 lines in this issue.



Topics of the day:



 1. Picayune (3)

 2. Grammar book

 3. new count noun

 4. picayune

 5. Grammar Books

 6. Place names



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Date:  Fri, 24 Mar 1995 05:14:38 -0600

From:  Natalie Maynor <maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]RA.MSSTATE.EDU>

Subject: Re: Picayune



> anyone as much as it does me? I've known the word, in the meaning "petty,

> nit-picking," at least since my undergrad days in Ohio. Is it regional?

> Generational? Is there anyone on this list who hasn't heard it?



Maybe generational, but apparently not regional. I've known the word all

my life, most of which has been lived in Mississippi.

  --Natalie (maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ra.msstate.edu)