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From:         Nancy Harwood <harwood%TENET.EDU@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Pre-Clam Slam
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>
> >  Yes, more details, please!
>
> And suddenly there's silence.  Maybe they've all passed out.
>    --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)

Could be...or maybe they're just toying with us because they know how
badly we want to know.
ndh
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From:         Nancy Harwood <harwood%TENET.EDU@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Fitting in
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>
> > 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

He didn't like us much.  Although for a politician to accuse *anyone* of
flaws in character is a bit ironic.
ndh
From: tushar%ZAPHOD.UCHICAGO.EDU@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU (Tushar Samant)
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Date: 12 Apr 92 16:31:20 GMT
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I said :
t>Is there any notion of "implementation" by rules which is different from
t>that of "behaviour which accords to the rules" ?

Graham said:
G>The fact is the rules just don't exist; all that exists is reinforcement
G>of individual cases.

I'd say we were saying the same thing. The fact that rules don't "exist"
is something with which I agree, and that's precisely why I say that there
is no more sense to be attached to "implementation by rules" than the above.

Another point. I said:
t>This one question has always confused me. What does it mean to say that
t>the "concept of rules is illusory" ?

I wasn't disagreeing with the statement that "rules don't exist" in the
sense of Graham. Rather, I was saying that the word "rules", as such, has
meaning ONLY in the context of our analysis of the behaviour and hence
whatever we say which involves the word "rules" has always to be taken to
mean "rules as imposed by us for us to understand". (We Have to make this
imposition, by the way, since that is all we can do.) Once this logically
prior statement is made, "concept of rules is illusory" is false. If the
statement is not made, then "concept of rules is illusory" is confusing.


Finally, (this is Graham)
1> The fact is the rules just don't exist; all that exists is reinforcement
of individual cases.
2> English has no rules; it is all exceptions.
3> It's just that very many of the exceptions happen to be the same :-)

Putting these three statements in the same paragraph must be avoided. The
ringing and flashy rhetoric of <2> spoils the whole tone of the earlier
sentence. Appending <3> screws up the whole damn letter totally beyond
repair. If there is any place for such sentences at all, it is in a separate
P.S. which stays demurely distant from the main body of the posting. Graham
should consider himself fortunate that I have the capacity to separate
concerns, although I am of course irritated by the violent juxtaposition
of wildly differing moods.

tushar
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From:         "Aaron Dickey, The Happy Spore"
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Subject: Re: Hello???

>> a) A vague bit of help is better than none at all.  I didn't know that someon
   e
>> of your Oracle-like Wisdom would be around to reply.  If I had known, I would
> >never have stooped so low as to try to help someone.

>say stupid things.  (I like the pun -- but I bet it wasn't intentional.
>I bet you didn't know that Frank went to an Oracle workshop not long ago
>and now is in charge of Oracle stuff on an administrative Sun.)

Since I just got this TODAY, I guess now is a good time to respond. :)
Actually, I was referring to the Oracle@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu, where you
send in a question and someone else replies as pompously as possible.  A
good workout for wordslers, IMHO.

>Frank doesn't settle for mere pictures -- he keeps a sword in his office.
>You think I'm kidding, don't you?  He sometimes threatens beagles with it.

Does that include threatening the testicles of certain non-Sapien list
owners?

--Aaron
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From:         Frank Peters <fwp%CC.MSSTATE.EDU@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: words-l history
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In article <01GION9ENE6GAXFDPX@ACFcluster.NYU.EDU> "Aaron Dickey, The Happy
 Spore" <AXD7104%NYUACF.bitnet@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU> says:
>>I've got to keep a close eye on what these hooligan users say about me
>>don't I?
>
>>--fwp, sys.nazi to the list goddess
>
>Ah, twist that screw, Frank.

Hee.  I thought you'd appreciate that one.  My mother insists that
my worst trait (other than lack of respect for the woman who
labored to bring me into this world) is what she calls a pit-bull
sense of humor.  I never stop ragging. :-)

>                             You're lucky my link died right after I
>sent that reply a few nights ago. :-)

I thought you gave in rather too easily.  Too bad.  I was looking
forward to a scrap.

--
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:         Carol Goodson <CGOODSON%UGA.bitnet@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Cambridge pre-clam slam
              9 Apr 1992 00:35:00 EST from <RKESSLER@RCNVMS.RCN.MASS.EDU>

You Northerners may be able to make the pre-clam slam....but we Southerners
are enjoying mid-70's temperatures and a riot of dogwoods and azaleas in full
bloom... it's quite a compensation  (signed/an ex-Buffalonian)
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From:         "815 Stephen H. Karlson 753-6980"
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Subject:      Pedant's Corner (was Russian speakers)

Notes Frank from Rhode Island, "The English of the doctoral
dissertation (cannot be) the English of a treatise on economics."

It can be if the doctoral dissertation is in economics, or is a
treatise on economics, as Paul Samuelson's _Foundations of Economic
Analysis_ is.

Steve Karlson

Get a good start and sail on the lifted tack.
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Date:         Wed, 8 Apr 1992 00:55:00 GMT
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From:         WERTSJ <WERTSJ%DIALOG%MCIMAIL.COM@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject:      Cubs fans

>On Mon, 6 Apr 1992 17:51:00 GMT WERTSJ said:
>>       -- Another female sports fan (Cubs fan since childhood)
>   I'm sorry....my sympathies...

>>**********************************************
>>Jill Werts      (wertsj%dialog@mci.com)
>>Dialog Information Services
>>   (...uh-oh, it's another librarian!)
>>**********************************************

> Next thing you know it'll be a CONSPIRACY!

It already is.......

>re the cubbies....those poor little sad lonely, sickly bears....I have
>a daughter who is actually a fan....corrupted by one of my sisters and
>her cubfan husband....but one of her two sons is smart enough to be a
>white sox fan....

>dan in potatoland...one of the liberrians, of course....

Although you must have *some* taste, or you wouldn't be a
liberrian, you seem to be sadly lacking in your choice of a
baseball team.  You are to be congratulated on having raised
a daughter who had enough sense to see the light. :-)

She must be devastated, though, that one of her sons turned
out so badly (and before you say it, *not* the one who has the
sensitivity to be a Cubs fan!).  She probably blames it on her
relatives...

Dr. J  (well, I am from Indiana originally, so the basketball
         reference is at least in the "ballpark")

**************************************************
Jill Werts                 (wertsj%dialog@mci.com)
Dialog Information Services
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From:         Graham Toal <gtoal%STACK.URC.TUE.NL@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
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From: Anne Harwell <aharwell@PANAM1.PANAM.EDU>
:I think someone just signed up for my tag team. Graham, where are your pants?

Under my trousers, where they're staying.  Or is this a declaration of intent
for the clambake???

G
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From:         Rashmi Murthy <rashmi%CBIS.ECE.DREXEL.EDU@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Odder and Odder
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              at Apr 9, 92 11:23 am

>
> Another thing about the media and famous AIDS victims is that they give
> obituaries (in essence).  Yesterday was just like the Magic Johnson
> fiasco.  Everything about Ashe was in the past tense and took on the
> same format as a story about one already dead.  "Ashe is 48." [end of
> story]
>
> Steve
>
Is it true that Ashe decided to reveal that he has AIDS only because
somebody was about to publish it? (I haven't read the newspapers or
watched the news for a few days, so this might be wrong.)
If it is true, what do you think about the responsibility of the media
in this regard?  Should they've respected his wish for privacy?  I
think its sad if he was forced to announce it against his wishes.
Another clarification: does Ashe have the virus, or the disease?

rashmi
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From:         Tushar Samant <tushar%ZAPHOD.UCHICAGO.EDU@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject:      RE: Archie comics

>>I have some more to say about this.
>>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>The distilled essence of Tushar.
>
>-abh
>Virupaksha, where are you when we need you?

Why is the need for Virupaksha being felt here ? The connection is not
perceived by me.
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Subject:      Re: sad thought

My grandmother can't stand when my grandfather reads the paper to her.  She
feels this is an insult to her intelligence.  I try never to do it to her but
sometimes I find an article interesting or humorous and I have to tell her
about it.
I would also like to add that I too have horrible penmanship.  I began typing
as many assigments as possible when I was in high school.  I didn't have a
computer and my usual poor grammar and spelling were intensified.  Most
teachers blasted me for it and I gave it up. It was their eyes that had to
read and water because of my chicken scratch.
And finally, I started reading when I was four.  My mom read to my brother and
I but I preferred her to tell me stories rather than read them.  When I am
asked to read cousins or any child a story I make it up they usually enjoy them
more.  As for myself, I read whatever I could get my hands on. One time I tried
to read Fear of Flying but I didn't know what a zipless fuck was, still don't.
I did read the book later and thought it was stupid.  I ha wanted to read the
book ever since I had first tried when I was about ten or so and when I finally
did (I don't know how old I was but I did understand it) I was disappointed.
As I wrote in my bio, I have been reading autobiographies lately because I
don't care to read anything that is taxing on my brain, especially after taking
18 credits for the past 3-4 semesters.

Lisa
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Natalie--

Just to make things a bit more confusing: There's been no noticable lags from
the list here at all.  Wordslings have been coming through consistently,
including all day Sunday.

--Aaron
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From:         Graham Toal <gtoal%STACK.URC.TUE.NL@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
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:>...in back...with my eyes closed...Walkman on...listening to
:>   "Eine Kleine Nichtmusik" (sp? I'm at work, so I can't check, but
:>it is one of my favorites).
:>            ,
:>      Touche.
:>
:>Jill
:
:Jill, I got the biggest kick out of this!  What you're listening to is "Eine
:Kleine Nachtmusik" by Motzart ("A Little Night Music" for those who don't
:translate German).  What you said was A Little Not Music.
:
:Thanks for the giggles, unintentional though it may have been.  It's one of my
:favorite pieces, too.  We had it played at our wedding.
:
:Chris
:
Could have been worse - could have been "Eine keine nichtmusik" - oops! -
double negative :-)

G
From: gtoal@castle.ed.ac.uk (Graham Toal)
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Subject: Re: Reflections on the matter of language change
Date: 16 Apr 92 00:48:51 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh University

In article <9204151811.AA18291@Ra.MsState.Edu> maynor%RA.MSSTATE.EDU@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU (Natalie Maynor) writes:
:> >Why would it be a deplorable one?  If you answer that question, maybe
:> >we can get something more concrete into the discussion.
:>
:>   Yes, but that would be a different discussion, since obviously my
:> view that such a change would be deplorable has everything to do with
:> my views on cultural changes.
:
:But wait -- that's *my* line.  I've been saying over and over that we
:are talking about two different things.  I was hoping you'd answer the
:question so I could say, "Look!  Torkel's answer proves that he is not
:talking about the same thing I'm talking about."  Instead, you have
:admitted what I was hoping to trap you into showing.  So what are we
:in fact talking about??
:   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)


As far as I can make out, Torkel's only point is that he wants you
to say that linguists have no special knowledge that members of
the public don't have.  He seems to suffering from linguist-envy.

G
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From:         Steve Portigal <stevep%SNOWHITE.CIS.UOGUELPH.CA@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Odder and Odder
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Another thing about the media and famous AIDS victims is that they give
obituaries (in essence).  Yesterday was just like the Magic Johnson
fiasco.  Everything about Ashe was in the past tense and took on the
same format as a story about one already dead.  "Ashe is 48." [end of
story]

really offends me.  People with AIDS are still alive.

sopbox end.

Steve
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From:         The Ronin <WHITERJ%MSCD.BITNET@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Goodbye

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

> > [from The Ronin]
> >      I wonder how well upper-level non-technicals would take to the
> > introduction.  Also, as explanation not as an excuse, an awful lot of
>
> Very well, I think.  I know of at least two upper-level English courses
> here that have used e-mail:  Bibliography and Methods of Research
> (grad students only) and Language and Culture (grad and upper-level
> undergrad).  As far as I know, they've gotten along fine.

     While I do not differ with your claim, was this their
introduction to e-mail, or had they used before.  (This was the gist
of what I was trying to say in the quote above.)

     An alternative possibility is how the engineering students view
the ENglish course in the first place.  I know at Mines the general
attitude was that anything offered by the Humanities Department was a
waste of time (except for the semester it offered a course in wine
tasting). (Obvious pun deleted for Torkel's sake.)

The Ronin
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From:         "Natalie Maynor" <maynor%RA.MSSTATE.EDU@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: CALLING ALL STUDENTS OF RUSSIAN

> >Even though you're doing something more of less automatically, I think it
> >helps to recognize and understand the patterns involved.
>
> This is exactly what I wanted to say.  Thanks, Nancy, for thinking
> the same thing and being able to say it more clearly than myself.

I'm still waiting for somebody to explain HOW it is helpful to recognize
and understand the patterns involved.  Oh, ur, uh, Adam...  Latin must not
have introduced you to the "proper" uses of reflexive and intensive
pronouns...  ;->
   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
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"Whatever doesn't kill me makes me stronger."

It's from Nietzsche, some text or other.

At odd moments of my life I have said it to myself like a
mantra.

Ken
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From:         Bernard Chien Perro <maynor%CS.MSSTATE.EDU@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: A Modest Proposal
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> off-list. We gradually learn who has wisdom, on which subjects.
> We learn who to ask about what. It's not like looking things up

And everybody on the list knows who has all the wisdom on all the
subjects.  That's why I get so much mail (and am now reading mail
totally out of order).
                                     o/.\____/
     --  Dr. Bernard Chien Perro      \______|
                                      / \  / \
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From:         Janet Teuber <C0229%UNIVSCVM.bitnet@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: nouns
              9 Apr 1992 18:31:12 CDT from <tushar@ZAPHOD.UCHICAGO.EDU>

On Thu, 9 Apr 1992 18:31:12 CDT Tushar Samant said:
>I am sorry if I said that some word was the most unbelievable noun I have
>seen. I just now saw "vocabularize" somewhere.
>
>tushar

Sorry, tushar.  That was meant to be very "tongue-in-cheek"!  Guess it should
have been followed by a :-Q.

By the way, having made up the word myself, I can say with authority that
"vocabularize" is not a noun; it's a verb! ;-Q

And since you mentioned "memoize" it reminded me that in word processing
manuals I keep seeing "to bold a text".  That one really bothered me,
but I couldn't come up with a succinct substitute except "to highlight".
My co-worker complained that since it was referring to "bold" as an option
on the WordPerfect template that "to highlight" didn't work as well as
"to bold".  I guess in that context it's not much different than saying
"to F6 a text".  I (grudgingly) conceded.
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From:         The Ronin <WHITERJ%MSCD.BITNET@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Bitnet or Internet Words-L?

Sayeth        Karen Kay <LL23%NEMOMUS.BITNET@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>

> Dear Ronin, I believe this was "irony"--remember that from English
> classes?

     No, my English teachers would say, 'This passage has irony.',
then give a test where they quoted the same passage and asked me to
regurgitate that it was irony.  I never got a grounding in what these
literary devices were or how to recognize them.  And since my English
instruction was consistently rote memorization of (apparently)
arbitrary judgements, I never felt much of a need to go back and study
it on my own.

>           Frank is clearly not boring, though he also clearly knows
> a lot about technology.  He's on words-l (albeit through usenet), so
> he just as clearly is no geek.  QED: ironic usage.

     But it was not clear to me that people with other backgrounds
would not be bored by Frank's explanation.  I have not yet gotten a
good feel for the level of technological appreciation/sophistication
that exists on this list.

     Besides which, *I* thought my posting was rather tongue-in-cheek,
what I would consider an appropriate response to irony.

The Ronin
Who is dreading that Karen's posting was full of irony and he missed it.
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From:         droby%NOVA.TCS.TUFTS.EDU@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU
Subject:      Re: roll call
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              06 Apr 92 17:07:00 MDT." <9204061959.aa24408@Nova.TCS.Tufts.EDU>

Saith The Ronin <WHITERJ%MSCD.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>:
>From the World's Foremost Expert, Professor Tushar Samant
>
>> A much better idea would be to do away with pointers altogether.
>
>     Surely you aren't suggesting that pointers be relegated to the heap?
>
>The Ronin

	But only God can make a tree!

- Dr. DR, PhfffffDt
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From:         "AARON DICKEY, JUPITER UNIVERSITY"
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Subject:      SHOUT-LAND...HELP!!!

Okay, VMS'ers out there, I now have a new problem.

All my commands are now being interpreted by the VAX as all-uppercase. I.E. note
my new personal_name above.  What gives?  Any hints?

--Aaron
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From:         Evelyn Duncan <R3EJD%AKRONVM.bitnet@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Tarmac rugrats
              7 Apr 1992 17:06:48 CDT from <tushar@ZAPHOD.UCHICAGO.EDU>

Yes, Tushar, his name is Jason.  Did you catch Foxtrot when he and his
older brother were playing Young Indiana Jones?  Beautiful!

I like him, too.  But then, of course, he's a Trekker.

Evelyn
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