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Date:         Sun, 12 Apr 1992 21:36:23 -0400
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From:         Steve Portigal <stevep%SNOWHITE.CIS.UOGUELPH.CA@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
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>Dear sir,

  Whom are you addressing?  This is a group, as you indicate below.  In
fact the listowner is not a sir.
>
>I intend to subscribe to this group. Could you help me?

  In what manner do you want help?  Do you know how to use listserv?
It seems now, if you are adressing a subscription request to the list....

mail listserv@[whichever one you normally use] and give the message

sub words-l joseph lau

 as the body of your message.  You'll then be added to Words-l and, like
the rest of us, will never again get any real work done.

>
>Joseph LAU
>


Steve the Portigallama
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From:         The Ronin <WHITERJ%MSCD.BITNET@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject:      RE: Time Magazine

Relateth      Steve Portigal <stevep@SNOWHITE.CIS.UOGUELPH.CA>

> special sign saying "We apologize for our appearance.  We'll look alot
                                                                    ^^^^

     One of the work studies at the center here also works part-time
at a bank.  English is (at least) his second language, and he is not
very confident of his mastery.  He showed up for work one day and
asked us about 'alot' vs 'a lot'.  Seems the people at the bank were
adamant that when speaking of a large quantity 'alot' was correct,
while he claimed it was still two words.  Took some doing to reassure
him that he was correct and to persevere (though not necessarily at
the bank).

The Ronin
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From:         The Ronin <WHITERJ%MSCD.BITNET@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
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Inquireth     Adam M Hartfield <AHARTFIE@DREW.DREW.EDU>

> Are there any other college students, lurking or not (adult
> education counts too)?

     The Ronin is a part-time undergraduate at a college (no graduate
level programs here at Metro).  And The Ronin only has one 'A' in his
name, and that is the second letter of his middle name, which he
doesn't use anyway.

The Ronin
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From:         "Don Moore (813) 974-4078 S/C 574-4078"
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Subject:      Commencement USF

Having a rare moment with no mail to read, decided to write instead (OK, so
I'm bored).  Anyway, next month at USF commencement ceremony (May 2)
William F. Buckley Jr., the ultimate conservative, will deliver the
commencement address.  He and Alfred Eisenstaedt will both receive
honorary degrees from USF.  Mr. Eisenstaedt is a very famous photographer,
having photographed from Adolph Hitler to JFK.  I wonder how many of you
can recall - seeing the first time printed - his very famous photograph
(in Life magazine) of a uniformed sailer and a nurse embracing in Times
Square in celebration of V-J Day?  Yeah, I'm getting old - my next
birthday (June) will end in a zero :-(.

                            Peace,
                                  Don
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From:         QXN148%URIACC.bitnet@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU
Subject:      Re: For Sports Fans of Feminine Gender (Hi Emily

There have been requests for increased air-play of womens sporting events.The
reason given why there aren't more womens college basketball games is because
people don't want to watch them. They are not as exciting as watching the men
play. It revolves around the almighty dollar$
    If you are used to watching men play basketball, for instance, you might
not like to watch the women play it's a different game.  Women can't dunk, I
have seen a few but it's rare, and we play a more technical game.  I prefer to
watch women because that's how I played in high school and college the mens
games bore me.  They run up the court, SLAM, and run the other way.  Women pass
and dribble and don't start a lay-up from the foul line.
     There have also been attempts to create a professional womens b-ball team
and all have failed.  They just don't get the support to keep the coorporate
sponsors happy.
      Lisa
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From:         BGRISSOM%UKCC.UKY.EDU@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU
Subject:      Re: Pepper
              16 Apr 1992 11:07:08 EDT from <ST401601@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU>

>Pepper is a game with a bat and ball and a couple of fielders.
>Where did pepper get its name?
>Bill

    I've always assumed a physical analogy, as with seeding a
    tournament: peppering a field with ground balls, a grain here,
    a grain there.

    brad
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Date: 17 Apr 92 20:10:00 GMT
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>>Wagner's Law is a good topic, but get your butt up to the front and
>>pay attention.  Adolph Heinrich Gotthilf Wagner, born March 25, 1935,
>>died November 8, 1917.
>Hard to believe nobody has commented on this yet...
>judith

Sigh.  Sorry.  He was born on March 25, 1835.  I was a century late.
                                    Bill Sjostrom
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From:         Rashmi Murthy <rashmi%CBIS.ECE.DREXEL.EDU@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
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              WHAT'S-THE-M-FOR? WILLIAMS" at Apr 5, 92 1:42 pm

>
> >rashmi
> >resisting the temptation to ask the taboo question
>
> Well, _I_ can't!  "WHAT ees the un-wreeten question, man?"
>
Well, I wasn't getting any list mail and didn't want to post a "Is this
going through?" message, and make some people grumpy. :-) (Hi, Graham.)
Hence, the test message masquerading as a public service announcement.
Now that list mail is pouring in once more, I see that not everyone was
cut off.

> Dr. John Williams, DrBl                 <ding-dong!>
>
rashmi
From: gtoal@robobar.co.uk (Graham Toal)
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Subject: Re: TV
Date: 10 Apr 92 07:41:43 GMT
Organization: Robobar Ltd., Perivale, Middx., ENGLAND.

In article <9204090330.AA13814@Ra.MsState.Edu> maynor%RA.MSSTATE.EDU@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU (Natalie Maynor) writes:
:> ..not to mention the horoscopes.:-)
:
:Horoscopes in TV Guide??  I must admit that I do like horoscopes.  Mine
:for today has some uncannily accurate stuff.
:   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)


How depressing.  How can I take your authorative information on
linguistics seriously now?  You couldn't have burst my bubble
worse if you'd suddenly started spelling 'tonight' as 'tonite'...

G
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From:         "Aaron Dickey, The Happy Spore"
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Subject:      Search for intelligent life

Okay, now I guess it's my turn to wonder.  I haven't gotten any mail for
about 15 hours now from the list.  Is my link dead?

--Aaron
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From:         GUBERT%UKCC.UKY.EDU@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU
Subject:      Re: econometrics

when you're right, you're right.

Thanks for the explanation.

JAG
^bwp
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From:         The Ronin <WHITERJ%MSCD.BITNET@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject: Re: Conversation Stoppers

Asketh        "Natalie Maynor" <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>

> What's a Membership Director?  Can an English geek be one?  How do I
> apply?  Will I have to pay my own way to Boston for an interview?  If
> so, can it be around clambake time?
>    --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)

     You mean it won't be an e-interview?  What kind of an outfit is this?

The Ronin
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Sayeth        "Natalie Maynor" <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>

>                                       The point of this note is to let
> you know that almost all of the delivery-error messages were from France.

     And you still want to go to France to live if you win PCH?

The Ronin
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From:         Adam M Hartfield <AHARTFIE%DREW.DREW.EDU@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
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Says Natalie about what I said in response to Aimee's msg about.....
>> chance to use it.  I never used it outside the classroom, and as a
>> consequence I remember very little.  Of course, same with Latin, but
>> the Latin helps you with English.
>
>Exactly how does Latin help you with English?
>   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
>     aka Devil's Advocate

Latin helped me with English because it finally taught me what 8
years of mediocre teachers couldn't--how English worked.  Before I
took Latin, I could never figure out what a direct/indirect object
was.  I didn't really know how to use tense.  My English was good
before Latin, even better than normal at that age, but the Latin
studies really made me think about and understand English.  To this
day, my friends try to play word games with me, and they always lose.
Last year it was a joke:

Him: Spell poke.			:And now the latest
Me:  p-o-k-e.				:thing is vocabulary
Him: Spell coke.			:wars with my friend
Me:  c-o-k-e.				:Steven.  He teaches
Him: Spell smoke.			:the Princeton Review,
Me:  s-m-o-k-e.				:and thinks he knows all.
Him: Now spell the white of an egg.	:Well, I've just about put
Me:  A-l-b-u-m-e-n.			:him in his place.  He
Him: What?  Huh?  No! You were 		:thought tepid and apex
supposed to say yolk!
					would stump me, but no go.
Then he tried acquiesce and palliable, but he failed there too.

--Adam, who is really going to log out now, really he is, honest
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Subject:      Re: Gleanings

>Posted on 13 Apr 1992 at 09:29:29 by Uriacc Mailer (002033)
>
>Re: Gleanings
>
>Date:         Mon, 13 Apr 1992 09:15:35 EST
>Reply-To:     English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@UGA.BITNET>
>From:         Evelyn <R3EJD@AKRONVM.BITNET>
>
>Re:  Ultra Slim-Fast
>  Granted, it doesn't exactly taste like a delicious milkshake, but it
>does taste good.  But, I agree about the omelet.
>
>Evelyn
I can usually get through breakfast by drinking Slim-Fast but lunch poses a
problem; I want a bacon-cheeseburger and fries with my delicious shake.

Lisa
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From:         barbara k <N690012%UNIVSCVM.bitnet@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject:      lefties unite!

i, too, am a lefty--of course, i hardly qualify for BWP-ness, but give me time.
my twin sister is left-handed.  any other twins out there both left-handed??

                                                         barbara klinar
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From:         Frank Peters <fwp%CC.MSSTATE.EDU@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject: Re: Hello???
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In article <01GIKV7LVGFSAXEK7E@ACFcluster.NYU.EDU> "Aaron Dickey, The Happy
 Spore" <AXD7104%NYUACF.bitnet@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU> says:
>If I recall correctly (and lately I haven't been), rn essentially "runs
>itself," whereas nn needs daily or weekly tending-to.  So if you have lazy
>sys.nazis, there's not much you can do.

Hilarious.  You have only a vague idea what is wrong but don't hesitate
to refer to people you don't know as 'sys.nazis'.  Rude bastard aren't
you?

The nn (note the 'The' so that I don't have to decide whether to put
the 'n' in upper case) program uses a database (which it calls a
threads database...though it isn't) to hold information about
articles.  This is what allows nn to quickly group related articles
together.  Building this database is too time consuming to do on the
fly so a separate nnmaster process is in charge of keeping up with this
database.  Alas, there is some sort of quirk in this program that seems
to cause it to just go to sleep.  It's still running and still using CPU
but it doesn't seem to actually update the database.  The only way to
tell that anything is wrong is to specifically go looking for it.

The rn program actually has two possibilities.  The basic rn program
uses no externally maintained database (except those maintained by
the usenet news server itself).  This limits its features but means
that it isn't dependent upon an external program.

An enhanced version of rn called trn (threaded rn) does use an external
threads database (the database in this case is really a threads
database) also maintained by a separate program.  But in the case of
trn this program is more reliable and rarely goes away unless the
system is really sick.  On systems with trn both 'rn' and 'trn' execute
the same program.

Because not everyone uses nn (trn is much more powerful and rn in
either version is more popular and reliable) it is likely that your
'sys.nazis' have no easy way of detecting that anything is wrong.
Especially if users just start using another program without reporting
the problem.

The problem happens here from time to time and I am dependent upon
users to tell me that something is wrong (if nobody tells me then the
problem lasts until I check it each weekday morning).  Yet I can
provide ample witnesses that I am neither lazy nor a sys.nazi.

Perhaps we should seek to understand the problem before insulting
strangers.

--
Frank Peters  -  UNIX Systems Programmer  -  Mississippi State University
Internet: fwp@CC.MsState.Edu  -  Phone: (601)325-7030  -  FAX: (601)325-8921
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From:         The Ronin <WHITERJ%MSCD.BITNET@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
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Sayeth        Nancy Harwood <harwood@TENET.EDU>

> Guess I'm the only one who's a reporter...and you probably know what
> Lyndon Johnson said about newspaper reporters.

     No, but I am willing to learn.

The Ronin
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From:         Bill Sjostrom <TA0WXS1%NIU.bitnet@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject:      Wagner's Law
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>I have to do an annotated biblioghraphy on Wagners Law.  We have not covered
>this in class and  know nothing about it.  I would have choosen something else
>but all the good topics were gone, that's what i get for sitting in the back of
> the room.
>                                      Lisa

Wagner's Law is a good topic, but get your butt up to the front and
pay attention.  Adolph Heinrich Gotthilf Wagner, born March 25, 1935,
died November 8, 1917.  Wagner was an economist at Berlin.  He was
loosely a member of the German historical school.  An early article
about him is Evalyn Clark, "Adolph Wagner: From National Economist
to National Socialist" in Political Science Quarterly, September 1940
vol. 55, no.3.  You might find something about him in Joseph
Schumpeter's _History of Economic Analysis_, although not having a
copy handy, I can't say.  Economists are always impressed when you
cite Schumpeter.  Wagner's Law asserts that the share of
government spending in national income rises with national income,
i.e., wealthier economies have relatively bigger governments, i.e.,
the income elasticity of demand for government services is greater
than one.  The original reference is Wagner's 1890 (?) book,
Finanzwissenschaft, which, so far as I know, has not been translated
into English.  Quite a bit has been written about it.  A recent
article that references some of the earlier literature (pay attention
to the footnotes) is Rati Ram, "Wagner's Hypothesis in Time-Series
and Cross-Section Perspectives: Evidence from 'Real' Data for 115
Countries" in Review of Economics and Statistics, May 1987.  There is
a more recent survey piece in the National Tax Journal, but I don't
have it handy.  Start digging through the National Tax Journal from
about 1985.  I can't recall if the article says Wagner's Law in the
title, although I think it does, so pay attention to things like the
growth of government in the title.  After you have some older
references, ask your friendly reference librarian how to use the
Social Science Citation Index.
                          Bill Sjostrom
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From:         Adam M Hartfield <AHARTFIE%DREW.DREW.EDU@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Yo!
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>	Hey Lobstrosity!  I'm on, too, naughty thing that I am.
>
>
>Rita

I hesitate to say that I'm here too, since last time I did so I got
flamed by some net.annoying.person who said I should use a local test
group for such messages.

Anyway, gang, have a good weekend..be it Easter, Passover, or just
plain secular.  I'll be leaving for Phoenix in 6 hours (I really
should go to bed), and I'll be gone till Monday night.  John M.
Williams, I hope you're working tomorrow, cuz I'm coming to visit you
on the way from the airport.


Bye!

--Adam (ahartfie@{drew, drunivac}{.bitnet, .drew.edu})
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From:         Tushar Samant <tushar%ZAPHOD.UCHICAGO.EDU@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject: Re: My story (and a sad one it is)

Torkel did surgery on manifolds ! Now why the hell was he silent when
it was of utmost necessity for all mathematicians to stand up and get
counted ? Anyway, look for a janitorial job for me too. I can feel my
brow thickening. As for taste, alas, it can't coarsen further.

tushar
From: gtoal@castle.ed.ac.uk (Graham Toal)
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Subject: Re: Goodnight Yawn
Date: 17 Apr 92 01:00:14 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh University

In article <WORDS-L%92041523162015@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU> DBFABAK%CFRVM.bitnet@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU (Don Moore (813) 974-4078 S/C 574-4078) writes:
:PS.  Having deposited entire family, including Muffy, in a campground about
:     60 miles from here, Muffy will not be able to reply to Bernard, should
:     Bernard discover Muffy's little surprise.

Muffy is pregnant???

G
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From:         The Ronin <WHITERJ%MSCD.BITNET@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Cambridge pre-clam Update

Instructeth Doctor Stephen H. Karlson

> Shouldn't each of those bows be preceded by "Spasibo" or "Domo
> arrigato"?

     Probably 'Spasibo' (I assume that that is Russian), to show
proper deference to the Czarina.  A thousand apologies, Czarina.
(Note to Pogo fans:  I do not intend to fill the Czarina's mail
box with one thousand pardons.)

The Ronin
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From:         Rita <rita%EFF.ORG@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject:      the free press
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 the
>guarantee of a free press belongs to the people, not to the press.

        I hate to burst your bubble, Leah, but the freedom of the press
belongs to those who own one.  Always has and always will.  One of the
amazing things about computer-based communications is the definition
of press is blurring, and more and more individuals have access to
the virtual press --.

Rita
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From:         WERTSJ <WERTSJ%DIALOG%MCIMAIL.COM@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject:      re:

>and....I am still what of many duties does Jill do at Dialog....
>Customer service?  Software design?  Marketing?   something else?

>curiouser and curioser.....

I'm sorry, did I miss something?  It sounds like this question has
been asked before ("...still...").  That is possible, since I have
noticed that frequently (or at least occasionally) I get mail that
references other postings that I haven't seen.  I don't know if
that is a "special service" provided by MCIMail, or if something
is weird in the network between here and there. (OK, OK,...
considering I'm on the west coast and WORDS-L is considerably
east of here, there is definitely *something* weird in between,
but that's not what I meant!)

Anyway, my job is in the midst of a change right now, so I can't
tell you exactly what I do (or will be doing).  I can give you a
rough idea.  I'm in the product development area - product being
the databases.  I work on database design (how fields are indexed,
to some degree what information is included, etc.) and on how the
information is presented to the user, among other things.  This
may include new databases, and also enhancements and fixes for
current databases.  I enjoy troubleshooting, and one of the fun
things in my job, for me, is fixing the "broken" databases.  I
haven't been working here very long (6 months), so I'm still
learning my job, but so far it's been fun!

I guess the affinity for troubleshooting is also why I liked math;
problem-solving is so satisfying.  However, I don't think that
higher-level math and I would have gotten along.  The B.A. was
probably enough.



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Jill Werts                 (wertsj%dialog@mci.com)
Dialog Information Services
   (...uh-oh, it's another librarian!)
   ...struggling along out here on the west coast,
    far from the pre-clam slam (*sob*)
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