Date:  Tue, 8 Feb 1994 16:11:43 -0600

From:  Natalie Maynor <maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]RA.MSSTATE.EDU>

Subject: Bounced Mail



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> The enclosed mail file, found in the ADS-L reader and shown under the spoolid

> 0857 in the console log, has been identified as a possible delivery error

> notice for the following reason: "Sender:", "From:" or "Reply-To:" field

> pointing to the list has been found in mail body.

>

> --------------------- Message in error (53 lines) -------------------------

> Date: Mon, 07 Feb 1994 20:21:52 -0500 (EST)

> From: "Aaron E. Drews" <DREWSA[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]GUVAX.BITNET>

> Subject: Re: She's All

>

> > Subj: She's All

>

> > I've enjoyed the informal surveys concerning current usage, so I decided

> > to do one of my own.

> >

> > A couple of years ago, my daughter (now a junior in high school) and her

> > friends started using the phrase "s/he's all" to mean "s/he says" or "s/he

> > said," when reporting a dialog. For example, an incident might go

> > something like this:

> >

> > He's all, "Would you like to go?"

> > And she's all, "I'll have to check my schedule."

> > And he's all, "Let me know, okay?"

> >

> > Interestingly enough, my two older children have never seemed to acquire

> > this usage.

> >

> > Have any of you heard this?

> >

>     As a matter of fact, another list I'm a part of, one

> consisting of several of my high school's alums, there is a member who

> quotes messages (as I did with this one) and begins the citation by

> writing "So-and-so's all

> >X

> >Y"

>

>     I don't think I use, but I heard it a lot in my high school,

> and my stepsister (a sophomore in high school) constantly uses it.

> -=<*>=--=<*>=--=<*>=--=<*>=--=<*>=--=<*>=--=<*>=--=<*>=--=<*>=--=<*>=--=<*>=-

> Aaron E. Drews             <drewsa[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]guvax.georgetown.edu>

> Georgetown University         <drewsa[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]guvax.bitnet>

> School of Languages          "The better part of a man is

>     and Linguistics        soon ploughed into the soil for

> Class of 1996             compost." Henry David Thoreau

>

>