Date:  Thu, 11 Apr 1996 05:21:39 -0400

From:  "M. Lynne Murphy" <104LYN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MUSE.ARTS.WITS.AC.ZA>

Subject: word-eating virus!



look out! this virus seems to spontaneously reanalyse words!





> WARNING!!!!! Read the following and take note for those of you who

> access

> the web and ftp sites. . . BE WARE!!!



i'm being as ware as i can!



this reminds me of the time i overheard on a bus: "if you kids

don't start being have, you won't get any treats at grandma's."

(of course, when i tell this story to my students here, they roll

their eyes as if to say, 'those americans shouldn't be allowed to

talk at all.'



lynne



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M. Lynne Murphy              104lyn[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]muse.arts.wits.ac.za

Department of Linguistics            phone: 27(11)716-2340

University of the Witwatersrand          fax: 27(11)716-8030

Johannesburg 2050

SOUTH AFRICA