End of ADS-L Digest - 8 Nov 1997 to 9 Nov 1997 ********************************************** Subject: ADS-L Digest - 9 Nov 1997 to 10 Nov 1997 There are 35 messages totalling 823 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. one as a pronoun? (12) 2. stoked (3) 3. 4. Word of the Year 5. pawpaw(s) (2) 6. basketball terms: cherry-picker 7. query 8. Ping of Death (2) 9. NEW TOPIC: Slang in the Movies! (2) 10. mangoes=peppers (4) 11. Folk Etymology: "intensive" (2) 12. mangoes=peppers -Reply 13. Pronouns (full text) 14. PRONOUNS 15. Pronouns (Or: Un-Pro Nouns) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 00:59:54 -0500 From: Bob Haas Subject: Re: one as a pronoun? I hate the pronoun "one" myself, and I often discourage my students from using it. I will use it from time to time, but almost always in a hyperformal tone where I'm trying to be sardonic or ironic, and I'm usually told to take a tonic. Used seriously, it's just not right. Bob Haas UNCG Department of English rahaas[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]hamlet.uncg.edu "No matter where you go, there you are."