End of ADS-L Digest - 1 Nov 1997 to 2 Nov 1997 ********************************************** Subject: ADS-L Digest - 2 Nov 1997 to 3 Nov 1997 There are 44 messages totalling 1410 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. reflexives 2. "it's all good" (8) 3. Neck Hue (2) 4. Reflexives in American dialects of English 5. The Full Monty (2) 6. origins of slang (3) 7. i.e.4 warning (4) 8. "my bad" 9. TAN: folk etymology of copasetic 10. "black talk vs. white talk" (was "origins of slang") 11. Indian giver 12. "so do me something" 13. "race" (was PC Dictionaries?the N word? racism? race?) (4) 14. "stoked" (5) 15. Smell of this! 16. "race" 17. Nominations for Words of the Year (2) 18. Ast for Ask 19. sorry RE: ie4 20. Muskrat Root- poisonous plant 21. "Stoked" 22. Rumorazzi ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 02:25:54 -0500 From: Jim Crotty Subject: Re: reflexives In a message dated 11/2/97 3:15:45 PM, you wrote: <> I have noticed this too.... Michael Lane, a southerner from Arkansas, might say, "fix you some greens?" Is that what you mean? Since I am not a trained linguist, I am interested in knowing how you define a reflexive. Any short answers on that subject appreciated.