Date:    Tue, 28 Apr 1998 11:01:42 -0700
<br>From:    Andrea Vine <Andrea.Vine[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ENG.SUN.COM>
<br>Subject: Reply-to issue, tech notes
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<br>Ross et al, <-- who is this "Al", anyway?
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<br>I don't think there is much that can be done about which address gets
<br>automatically put into the "To" field when you choose "Reply"  (or a similar
<br>command) in your emai
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<br>There are 5 messages totalling 185 lines in this issue.
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<br>Topics of the day:
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<br>  1. Thole story (2)
<br>  2. Navy expression
<br>  3. Talent agent lingo
<br>  4. Dialectical Spanish
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<br>Date:    Sun, 26 Apr 1998 23:07:29 -0500
<br>From:    "Donald M. Lance" <engdl[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]SHOWME.MISSOURI.EDU>
<br>Subject: Re: Thole story
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<br>>David Sutcliffe wrote:
<br>>>
<br>>> In the recording of an African American born circa 1855-1860, I have the
<br>>> expression "one man a-riding tole mule" (tow mule?). I think he's
<br>>> actually saying t'ole mule. Can anyone confirm that "thole" (of a horse
<br>>> or other draft animal) can mean "lead", "leading"?
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<br>Mike Salovich responded:
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<br>>Have you considered that 'tole', or 't'ole' in your retranscription,
<br>>could mean "the  old"?
<br>...     ...
<br>>....  I've
<br>>also heard "t'ole" in field recordings of southern folk music and blues
<br>>in contexts where substituting "the old" makes a perfectly reasonable
<br>>statement.
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<br>I didn't respond earlier because I could only speculate.  What about a
<br>contraction of "that ole" rather than "the ole"?  Would the person who said
<br>"tole mule" also have used the contraction "'tis"?  Wouldn't "the ole" be
<br>contracted as "dole" (but maybe spelled 'tole' so as not to confuse the
<br>reader too much)?
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<br>But, as far as I know (or don't know), 'tole' may have been a word with a
<br>specific meaning in the past.
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<br>DMLance
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