End of ADS-L Digest - 3 Mar 1996 to 4 Mar 1996

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There are 15 messages totalling 348 lines in this issue.



Topics of the day:



 1. Oxymorons (3)

 2. Survey of e-usage

 3. Teen slang (esp. Southern)

 4. http://www.djsa.com

 5. carried my cousin to the store

 6. why are ships referred to as she (fwd) (3)

 7. new word (2)

 8. French articles/books on sociolinguistics

 9. Comment on Bruner Internet standards proposal

 10. skinny marink?



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Date:  Mon, 4 Mar 1996 13:55:43 -0600

From:  "Kathleen M. O'Neill" <koneil1[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UIC.EDU>

Subject: Re: Oxymorons



Dan spake thusly:

>Actually, Seth, that's spittin' close to how my Blackfoot friends

>sometimes say, "For sure, maybe," which seems to fit a Blackfoot answer.

>

>On Sat, 2 Mar 1996, SETH SKLAREY wrote:

>> Reply: Definitely, maybe.



That's funny - I had a friend who

always said "Sure, I guess."

It drove me nuts! =^]



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