[78-L] Grammatically incorrect^
Don Chichester
dnjchi78 at live.com
Mon Sep 21 11:41:25 PDT 2009
> Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:21:55 -0400
> From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Grammatically incorrect^
>
>> > BTW, was the answer given to David's question about the comedian who starts each routine with "However" or some such thing? It is Professr Irwin Corey, who is still performing.
> >
> >
> >
> > Don Chichester
>
> Thank you..I thought it was Corey! If not, then Brother Theodore or Severn
> Darden, neither of whom is still performing, at least not in this state of
> existence.
Or province...
dc
>
> dl
>
> >
> >> From: soundthink at live.com
> >> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> >> Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:16:32 -0700
> >> Subject: Re: [78-L] Grammatically incorrect^
> >>
> >>
> >> It find it disconcerting that in today's society, the words "cool" and "hot" mean the same thing.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> George Orwell, where are you?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Cary Ginell
> >>
> >>> Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:43:27 +0100
> >>> From: julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk
> >>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> >>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Grammatically incorrect^
> >>>
> >>> David Lennick wrote:
> >>>> And how long did it take for "humongous" to make it into the dictionary?
> >>>> Likewise, "copacetic" (they can't even agree on the spelling for that word, let
> >>>> alone its origin, which is claimed to be variously Hebrew, Chinook and
> >>>> Bojangles Robinson).
> >>>>
> >>>> dl
> >>> ===========
> >>> And (sorry!) there are archaic words like "cool", that have been revived
> >>> and make me wince when I hear them. "Cool", I think, had a double
> >>> meaning back in the fifties. It could be used as an expression of praise
> >>> or disparagement, depending on which side of the fence you were.
> >>>
> >>> Julian Vein
> >>>
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