Date:    Thu, 9 Apr 1998 14:30:23 -0500
<br>From:    Gerald Cohen <gcohen[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UMR.EDU>
<br>Subject: Re: "flat" and "flat out"
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<br>   Peter Richardson and Larry Horn treated adverbial "flat" and "flat out"
<br>in messages today (April 9), e.g. "...a lotta people who are gonna flat
<br>need prayer."  I have a bibliographical reference on this topic:
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<br>    Gerald  Cohen, 1988. "_Flat_, _flat out_ 'simply'",  in: _Etymology and
<br>Linguistic Principles_, vol. 1 (_Pursuit of Linguistic Insight_), edited
<br>and published by Gerald Leonard Cohen, University of Missouri-Rolla,
<br>pp.95-96.
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<br>    Here now are a few more examples I have collected for adverbial "flat":
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<br>1) "They flat hate each other."  -- (TV football announcer in reference to
<br>two teams)
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<br>2) "As A Youth Cesar Cedeno Could Flat Play" --(_St. Louis Post-Dispatch_ ,
<br>Sept. 1, 1985, Sec. D, p.1/1).
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<br>3) "They were just flat left alone." -- (in reference to a university
<br>department that would receive no faculty cuts)
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<br>--Gerald Cohen
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<br>gcohen[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]umr.edu
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